Valentine’s Day is a fun but frivolous holiday that has managed to remain in our lexicon after all these years. But what are its historical roots? Well, there was a real St. Valentine. As we so often do, we reached back to this figure and embodied parts of his personality into a single day that

Human beings have always been fascinated with magic and myth. We like to believe that we might stumble on something that will make us extra special, be it alien parents or scientific experiments with unforeseen consequences. Sometimes, we like to believe that ordinary objects are imbued with supernatural powers that will heal the sick, curse

Every drug can have side effects, but we don’t usually pay attention to the labels on the bottles, probably because generally, only a minority will experience the side effects. And they’re not usually that terrible—maybe a rash or a bad bout of diarrhea. However, some drugs have some weird and often nasty side effects, like

Schools in the United States have set aside the month of February to teach history as it relates specifically to African Americans, their impact on sociopolitical events, and their contributions to society as a whole. Every kid who grew up in America knows of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., but there were thousands of amazing

History, unfortunately, is littered with the crimes of men and women. A small fraction of these killers have been labeled “butchers” due to the intense savagery of their exploits. One of these criminals, the so-called Butcher of Mons, murdered five people between 1996 and 1997. This unknown killer’s crimes happened in the small nation of

Earth has suffered five big extinctions and innumerable little ones. A potential sixth mass extinction, the only one created by the planet’s own inhabitants, looms. So in the spirit of collective mass improvement, now’s the perfect time to look back at scenes of chaos and turnover of life that we hope to avoid in the

Cicada 3301. Many have heard of it, and the few who haven’t will eventually learn about the secret group that has turned heads. With puzzles, cryptic books, and a scavenger hunt around the world, this secret cult goes the extra mile. Why? Although that’s a very good question, even conspiracy theorists are having a hard

In this beautiful world we inhabit, how easy it is to carry on about our seemingly peaceful, simple lives, completely and entirely oblivious to so much going on around us, good or bad. So many people, so many things, and, most of all, so many events all around us remain completely hidden from our knowledge.