Archaeology & Discoveries

What French scientists discovered about the uranium from Oklo was almost unbelievable. Source: nighthawk101stock / CC BY 3.0.

Oklo: the Impossibly Ancient Nuclear Reactors of Gabon

All That History September 13, 2024
A rare and unrestored surviving example of the tiny and insanely dangerous Me 163 Komet. Source: HawkeyeUK / CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Komet: The Most Dangerous Warplane Ever Built?

All That History September 11, 2024
The Spartans were famed throughout ancient Greece for their warrior code. But such quality came at a terrible cost, a series of trials known as the Agoge.

A Cut Above: Agoge, the Ancient Spartan Entry Test

All That History September 9, 2024
Barely able to hit a city: all the places where the Paris Gun struck, with the black line showing the direction of attack (Catsmeat / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Fire from the Sky: The Terror of the Paris Gun

All That History September 6, 2024

Artifacts & Treasures

A rare and unrestored surviving example of the tiny and insanely dangerous Me 163 Komet. Source: HawkeyeUK / CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Komet: The Most Dangerous Warplane Ever Built?

All That History September 11, 2024
The legendary Spanish hero El Cid is said to have had two swords, Tizona and Colada, and it is possible that at least one of them survives today. Source: Zarateman / Public Domain.

Colada and Tizona, the Two Legendary Swords of El Cid

All That History August 30, 2024
Neolithic bullets and sling from Anatolia, thought to date back to 9,000 BC. Source: Harald the Bard / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Terror, and the Screaming Bullets of the Ancients

All That History August 21, 2024
The Voynich Manuscript is filled with text, diagrams and illustrations, but to date not a single word has been deciphered. Source: Unknown Author / Public Domain.

The Voynich Manuscript: Never to be Deciphered?

All That History August 20, 2024
An example tablet from the Michigan Relics, including crude and inaccurate representations of Egyptian headwear. Source: James E. Talmage / Public Domain.

The Michigan Relics, and the Greatest Fraud in American History

All That History August 16, 2024
The Gyrojet, one of the great what-if moments in firearm innovation. Source: Joe Loong / CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Gyrojet: A Science Fiction Fantasy from the 1960s

All That History August 9, 2024
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Historical Events

Barely able to hit a city: all the places where the Paris Gun struck, with the black line showing the direction of attack (Catsmeat / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Fire from the Sky: The Terror of the Paris Gun

All That History September 6, 2024
666: John’s visions from the Book of Revelations, including the awkward creature with seven heads and ten horns. Source: Dion Art / CC BY-SA 4.0.

666: Making Sense of Revelations and the Roman Connection

All That History September 4, 2024
Operation CHAOS was intended to monitor domestic dissent for US foreign policy, but it ended up spying on just about anybody the government didn’t like. Source: TommyJapan1 / CC BY 2.0.

Operation CHAOS and the CIA Plan to Spy on Americans

All That History September 2, 2024
The brand new NS Savannah in 1962. Source: US Government / Public Domain.

The NS Savannah and the Brave New World of Nuclear Shipping

All That History August 28, 2024
Used toilet paper was stored in bins outside military latrines, which was fine until you had no toilet paper and started using sensitive documents. Operation Tamarisk had the dirty job of retrieving these. Source: SuSanA Secretariat / CC BY 2.0.

Operation Tamarisk: You Flush It, We Flaunt It

All That History August 23, 2024
Tokugawa Ieyasu, founder of the last Shogunate of Japan (Utagawa Yoshitora / Public Domain)

The Rise of the Shogun: How Japan Found Peace

All That History August 7, 2024
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Unexplained Phenomena

What French scientists discovered about the uranium from Oklo was almost unbelievable. Source: nighthawk101stock / CC BY 3.0.

Oklo: the Impossibly Ancient Nuclear Reactors of Gabon

September 13, 2024
The Beast of Set resembles an aardvark, but also a dog, a lion, a jackal and yet has features of none of these. What could it be? Source: A. Parrot / Public Domain.

The Beast of Set, the Unknown Creature at the Heart of Ancient Egypt

August 26, 2024
It is theorized that the mastaba tombs which surround the earliest Egyptian pyramids, including those at Giza, may be designed to contain deadly radioactive uranium. Source: MagisterDawn / CC BY 3.0.

The Radioactive Guardian of the Egyptian Afterlife

August 12, 2024
A smaller example of a vimana known as “Pushpaka” (Tej Kumar Book Depo / Public Domain)

Vimana: Ancient Hindu Flying Machines Hidden in Plain Sight?

August 8, 2024
The wounds of many of the fallen soldiers were seen to be glowing after the battle, and those with glowing wounds seemed more likely to survive (Thure de Thulstrup / Public Domain)

The Battle of Shiloh, when the Injured Soldiers Glowed

August 6, 2024
Roko’s Basilisk relies on the potential development of VR indistinguishable from reality, something entirely achievable from a technology standpoint (cottonbro studio / Public Domain)

Roko’s Basilisk: The Thought Experiment That Could Kill You

August 6, 2024
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Ancient Civilizations

What French scientists discovered about the uranium from Oklo was almost unbelievable. Source: nighthawk101stock / CC BY 3.0.

Oklo: the Impossibly Ancient Nuclear Reactors of Gabon

All That History September 13, 2024 0
A rare and unrestored surviving example of the tiny and insanely dangerous Me 163 Komet. Source: HawkeyeUK / CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Komet: The Most Dangerous Warplane Ever Built?

All That History September 11, 2024 0
The Spartans were famed throughout ancient Greece for their warrior code. But such quality came at a terrible cost, a series of trials known as the Agoge.

A Cut Above: Agoge, the Ancient Spartan Entry Test

All That History September 9, 2024 0
Barely able to hit a city: all the places where the Paris Gun struck, with the black line showing the direction of attack (Catsmeat / CC BY-SA 4.0)

Fire from the Sky: The Terror of the Paris Gun

All That History September 6, 2024 0
666: John’s visions from the Book of Revelations, including the awkward creature with seven heads and ten horns. Source: Dion Art / CC BY-SA 4.0.

666: Making Sense of Revelations and the Roman Connection

All That History September 4, 2024 0
Operation CHAOS was intended to monitor domestic dissent for US foreign policy, but it ended up spying on just about anybody the government didn’t like. Source: TommyJapan1 / CC BY 2.0.

Operation CHAOS and the CIA Plan to Spy on Americans

All That History September 2, 2024 0
The legendary Spanish hero El Cid is said to have had two swords, Tizona and Colada, and it is possible that at least one of them survives today. Source: Zarateman / Public Domain.

Colada and Tizona, the Two Legendary Swords of El Cid

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The brand new NS Savannah in 1962. Source: US Government / Public Domain.

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