Author: Ligitas Nefas / Source: Bored Panda There are no shortages of debates between anti-vaxxers and the rest of the world on the internet, but if you open up a history book you will find these arguments are centuries old. As it turns out Benjamin Franklin was not just a founding father, but a

Ever been caught not paying attention in class? Well, thirteen-year-old Richard Beale was – just 234 years later. The Museum of English Rural Life uncovered a math book belonging to the teenager, filled not only with lovely handwritten equations but delightful doodles. The journal was acquired as

Author: Sarah Laskow / Source: Atlas Obscura Here’s how Tipu Sultan, the ruler of the Indian Kingdom of Mysore at the end of the 18th century, felt about the British. He commissioned an automaton, more than two feet high and about five-and-a-half feet long, of a tiger—his emblem—that had pounced

Author: Maria Popova / Source: Brain Pickings Germaine de Staël (April 22, 1766–July 14, 1817) is celebrated as the first Modern Woman. Tolstoy counted her among the “influential forces” that have propelled humanity’s progress. Lord Byron considered her the greatest living writer. Emerson

Author: Andrea Reiher / Source: POPSUGAR Entertainment With Claire firmly back in Jamie’s arms on Outlander, the next order of business is Claire returning to her 18th-century role as a healer (one so “powerful” that people there sometimes think she’s a witch). This time, Claire comes armed with