Benjamin Franklin — The Ancient Wizard of the Revolution
Dev: ‘Benjamin Franklin’s role in the American Revolution feels made up. Like one of the characters is an ancient wizard.’ ‘And he functions as both...


















Dev: ‘Benjamin Franklin’s role in the American Revolution feels made up. Like one of the characters is an ancient wizard.’ ‘And he functions as both...
Modern statues: Cristiano Ronaldo’s bronze bust — famously terrible. Statues made 500 years ago: Michelangelo’s David — marble perfection. The decline of artistic skill in...
A WWII veteran doing chin-ups at the Battle of the Bulge Memorial. This man fought for freedom and is still fit enough to embarrass everyone....
17th century youth: ‘Ahhh I love looking at a painting where a lady has her boob out. I feel great and will live forever.’ Artist:...
Women in 1600s: holding hands. The Church: concern increases 🔥 The historical reaction to female friendship.
Deadline: ‘Young Washington opens to $19M+ — sequel 1776 in works.’ A movie about young George Washington — in a British Redcoat uniform (he served...
John Calvin: "When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them wicked rulers." Isaiah: "When God wants to judge a nation, He gives them...
If you don’t love me at my Operation Eagle Claw (1980, disastrous failed Iran hostage rescue), then you don’t deserve me at my Operation Epic...
Text conversation: "You ready for tomorrows history test?" "Yea" "What ended in 1896?" "1895" "Yea you ready" Technically correct. The worst kind of correct.
Richard Nixon was a virgin until his late 20s. He used to ruin dates by giving women speeches about the Persian conquest of the Greeks....
Mariza Joana: ‘I grew up with these WW2 bunkers chaotically facing the sea.’ Atlantic Wall fortifications, 80 years later. Concrete memories of the war that...
Ubisoft put a modern bra on an 18th-century pirate ship statue. Left: original — natural, historical. Right: censored — modern bra added to a wooden...