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History
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Westerford High School Hired A Former Apartheid Spy To Teach History
10 Sep 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
For more than a decade, former apartheid spy Gordon Brookbanks has been teaching history at Westerford High.
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Royal Insider On The Moment Prince Philip Found Out His Wife Had Become Queen
10 Sep 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Prince Philip’s first instinct was to cover his face with a newspaper. This, and other inside details, have been revealed by a royal insider.
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Helen Mirren Goes Full Sexual Temptress In ‘Catherine The Great’ Series Trailer [Video]
09 Sep 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Watch Helen Mirren as you’ve never seen her before, in the preview for HBO’s ‘Catherine The Great’.
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The Rather Dark And Twisted History Behind That Famous Disney Castle
06 Sep 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The inspiration for the iconic Disney castle comes complete with a twisted tale of death and insanity.
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What The Titanic Shipwreck Looks Like Now [Videos]
27 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The RMS Titanic was visited by divers for the first time in 14 years, and they found the once-grand ship in a deteriorating state.
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The Dark White Supremacist History Of That Cap Ferrat Mansion That Just Sold For R3,4 Billion
19 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
It’s a beautiful house, in a stunning part of the world, with a horrifying history of paedophilia and mass murder.
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So That ‘First Porsche Ever’ Auction Was A Bit Of A Balls-Up
19 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Porsche says that the world’s first Porsche isn’t a Porsche at all. Then there’s the attempt to auction it off, which didn’t go as planned.
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This Cinema In The Alex Township Is A Unique Piece Of SA History
13 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
The iconic Kings Cinema has reopened in the township of Alex in Gauteng, having lost none of its charm.
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Evan Spiegel Is Reading This Book About Ancient Rome And The Similarities To Today’s World Are Frightening
05 Aug 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Silicon Valley’s tech titans have revealed their favourite books. Evan Spiegel’s choice is a potentially unsettling read for South Africans.
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What It Was Like To Watch The First Ever Nuclear Weapon Test 74 Years Ago
19 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
On July 16, 1945, at 5:29AM, the first-ever nuclear weapon test was conducted near Socorro, New Mexico.
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Some Crazy Facts That You Probably Didn’t Know About The Moon Landings [Videos]
16 Jul 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 launch. Whilst you probably know many of the ins and outs, there are still some surprises.
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The Fascinating Story Behind The Man Who Brought Television To South Africa
26 Jun 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In a roundabout way, South African has the 1969 moon landing to thank for television making its way to our shores.
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It Turns Out Beer May Have Been Invented By Accident
14 Jun 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Settle in, kids, for a short history lesson. Unlike some others you may have skipped in years gone by, this one is pretty important.
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Here Are 11 Times That Leonardo Da Vinci’s Predictions Came True
03 Jun 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Leonardo da Vinci made predictions about the natural world and technology, with some of those proven right over time.
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Today’s History Lesson – Who Actually Invented Pizza?
09 May 2019 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Certain great invention stories have a simpler tale – Alexander Graham Bell and the telephone, or Thomas Edison and the light bulb – but the question of who invented pizza is a little more complicated.
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‘Morally Bankrupt Sex Fiend’ – Behind Closed Doors With Marie Antoinette
06 May 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Marie Antoinette’s private chambers reveal more than just lavish silk tapestries and over-the-top rococo flourishes.
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Old South African Flag – AfriForum Versus Mandela Foundation
29 Apr 2019 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
The Nelson Mandela Foundation and AfriForum are currently doing battle in the Equality Court. Here are their central arguments.
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Exactly How Much Priceless Champagne Is Being ‘Stored’ At The Bottom Of The Ocean?
26 Apr 2019 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
With the conditions at the bottom of the ocean being somewhat optimal for fine wine and champagne storage, coupled with the frequency of these stories, one almost gets the feeling like they may have been planned.
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Some Bad News For Loch Ness Monster Believers
24 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
People from around the world travel to Scotland in the hopes of catching a glimpse of ‘Nessie’. That doesn’t seem too likely to happen.
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The Most Radical Footage Of Notre-Dame Cathedral – Inside And Out, During And After [Photos Videos]
16 Apr 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Notre-Dame’s structure and two towers have been saved from total destruction, but the damage is still extreme.
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10 Iconic Images From Famous Photographer Margaret Bourke-White
28 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Photographer Margaret Bourke-White’s work helped shape the way that we saw the 20th century.
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The Story Of The Team That Created Golden Record, The “Mixtape For Aliens”
18 Mar 2019 by Carrie / 2 Comments
Let’s take a look into the story behind the “90-minute interstellar mixtape”, sent into space in the 70s, as a kind of mixtape for extraterrestrials.
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Jeff Bezos Has Nothing On Mansa Musa – The Richest Man Who Ever Lived
11 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Jeff Bezos might be the richest man in modern history, but he’s by no means the richest man of all time.
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Sex, Death, And Gore – History’s Most Macabre Theatre
07 Mar 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Hidden in an old chapel in Paris, the Grand Guignol was home to on-stage death, sex and gore in the 19th century.
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There’s A Pretty Cool Story Behind Iconic World War II Photo “The Kiss”
19 Feb 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
George Mendonsa, the sailor whose iconic homecoming kiss came to signify the end of WWII, recently passed away, causing many to revisit the photo.
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Archaeologists Left Red-Faced After ‘Ancient Stone Circle’ Revealed To Be Joke
22 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Archaeologists were elated at the discovery of what they thought was a 4 500-year-old stone circle. This didn’t end well for them.
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A Quick Look At Five Decades Of Iconic Sunglasses
08 Jan 2019 by Carrie / No Comments
Since the 1960s, sunglasses have become a key accessory to any outfit. Let’s take a look at the iconic styles that defined five decades of eyewear.
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The SA Border War, Told By Two (Bloody Amusing) Soldiers Who Were There
10 Dec 2018 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
A new book, ‘If You Lie Still, You Will Not Get Cold’, focuses on the untold story of the South African Citizen Force soldier during the Border War.
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They Call This Guy The ‘Bill Gates Of Cocaine’
16 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
The new season of ‘Narcos’, set in Mexico, focusses on the founding father of Mexican narcotraffic: Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo.
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Photo Of Hitler Hugging Young Girl Hides A Dark History
14 Nov 2018 by Carrie / No Comments
The photograph of a smiling Adolf Hitler hugging a young Jewish girl, that recently sold for $11 520 at auction, hides an unlikely friendship and a dark tale.
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