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Do you take yourself too seriously? Are you in major need of a sense of humour? A lobotomy may help lighten you up so...
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Scrolling through my Instagram feed makes me feel old sometimes. Mostly because of the number of candid camera shots that people take while sitting...
As a young kid in America during the Reagan Era, the powers that be really wanted us to fear the USSR and every thing...
I remember seeing Kids when I saw a teenager, and thinking it was such a gnarly portrayal of being a reckless kid. I liked...
For the first time in modern western history, women have surpassed men in the tattoo department. It’s estimated that today 23% of American women...
Do you take yourself too seriously? Are you in major need of a sense of humour? A lobotomy may help lighten you up so...
Cosplay has become a part of a multi-billion-dollar industry of conventions, calendars and television, but 40 years ago it was a much smaller community...
While many historians explore the history of nations and kings, in 1974, the French historian Philippe Ariés explored what may be the sole constant...
Every so often, an archaeological dig will turn up something mysterious that leaves scholars scratching their heads in wonder and amazement. And then there’s...
The Age of Enlightenment was still in its infancy and the French Revolution wouldn’t touch off for another century. Ruled by a traditionalist monarchy...
Although suicide has always been considered to be the most personal of acts, it has a complex social and cultural history in the Western...
By Miss Cellania Just the thought of cannibalism, or the eating of human flesh, induces shudders in the living. However, most people would agree...
For good or ill, the theories of Sigmund Freud exerted an enormous influence on the 20th century, becoming deeply entrenched in Western culture to...
By Freddy Alva via No Echo The history of heavy metal in Peru is a long, winding road paved with adversity and conflict coupled...
Sven Lindqvist’s 2000 A History of Bombing grapples with the great terror of the twentieth century, the cascade of bombs raining down unto the...
Right before he died at age 94, my grandfather talked about the war for the first time in his life, when told me that...
By Dolores Monet via Hubpages The Social Significance of Black Clothing For over 500 years, wearing black signified bereavement. In Europe and America, black...