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The Time 18th-Century French Aristocrats Fled to Rural Pennsylvania
In 1793, the French Revolution was in full swing. Royal sympathizers—nobles, military officers, clergy, and other aristocrats—were guaranteed a sharp kiss from the guillotine. Frightened, thousands of...
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Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Sad Readers
Sad news, detectives. Donald J. Sobol, the creator of Encyclopedia Brown, passed away on July 11 at the age of 87. Sobol wrote 28 books starring 10-year-old Leroy Brown, with the next one, Encyclopedia...
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Cthulhu Wedding Cake
What better time to show off this Cthulhu wedding cake than on author H.P. Lovecraft’s birthday! It was made by Kerry’s Custom Cakes of South Park, Pennsylvania, for redditor lakshmispet’s wedding....
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World War I Centennial: Even Bigger Battleships, Part II
The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that killed millions and set the continent of Europe on the path to further calamity two decades later. But it didn’t come out of nowhere. With the...
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The Most Indebted City in the USA
A lot of cities in the United States are broke and in debt, but Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has the dubious distinction of having the most debt per capita of any U.S. city. The city’s 50,000 residents...
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15 Suspicious Packages That Were Definitely Not Explosives
Getty Images Reports of suspicious packages are common across the United States. Police take all reports seriously — as they should — and they look into every unmanned briefcase or wayward box. More...
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12 Proposed U.S. States That Didn’t Make the Cut
The road to 50 states was littered with wannabes who couldn’t wait to declare themselves—but never quite got to full statehood. Here are 12 states that could have been. 1. Franklin Wikimedia Commons...
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World War I Centennial: Even Bigger Battleships, Part III
The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that killed millions and set the continent of Europe on the path to further calamity two decades later. But it didn’t come out of nowhere. With the...
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The Bat Scream
Why so serious, Edvard Munch? This tattoo is just a little joke. It was inked by Brian Himpler of Inner Vision Bodyart in Sarver, Pennsylvania. Link -via The Mary Sue | Artist’s Website
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George Washington Riding a Pterodactyl Printed on a Dictionary Page
There’s a popular historical myth that Washington crossed the Delaware River on boats on his way to attack the Hessians at Trenton on December 26, 1776. Washington’s soldiers crossed using boats;...
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