The Creator Of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soap Escaped From A Mental Asylum To Start His Business


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Many have wondered about the story behind Dr. Bronner’s soap. The verbose, sermonizing copy printed on each label of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps has intrigued multitudes. So who was Dr. Bronner, the enigmatic soapmaker with such a spirited message?  The brand rose in popularity in the 1960s in hippie communes. The products’ organic fair-trade ingredients and brand message of global unity […]

January 16, 2020

Things You Never Learned About Holodomor, The Man-Made Soviet Famine That Killed Millions


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The Holodomor was a Soviet state-induced famine in Ukraine between 1932 and 1933. For nearly two years, Joseph Stalin starved Russia and displaced thousands of people in the name of feeding the Soviet Union. Literal tons of food went to waste, and millions of Ukrainians died as a result. The Holodomor was a little-known genocide that struck right before the Holocaust. Yet, just […]

March 2, 2018

Did You Know That Corn Flakes Were Invented By A Religious Nut-job To Stop People From Self Pleasure?


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As you pour milk in your cereal bowl every morning, you might not even be fully awake yet, and you probably haven’t thought much about the origins of corn flakes. After all, it’s a pretty simple, unassuming cereal as far as the modern plethora of sugar-coated options go — some might even call them bland. But the question “Why were cornflakes invented?” […]

February 21, 2018

16 Strange Facts About What Everyday Life Was Like In Ancient Egypt


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In many ways, everyday life in ancient Egypt was surprisingly modern. Egyptians had a sophisticated education system – for those who could afford it – and a remarkable understanding of medicine. Men and women also enjoyed an equality that wasn’t often seen in other ancient populations. But that doesn’t mean that daily life in the ancient world was […]

January 24, 2018

Raised To Hate: Here’s What North Korean Schoolkids Are Taught About America


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Many Americans wonder what North Koreans believe about the United States. The education system in North Korea is completely state-financed and a 12-year-education is compulsory for all children. North Korean child propaganda is fed to children in grades as early as kindergarten. North Korean anti-American nursery rhymes and cartoons pervade the classroom and children’s educational programming. But what are North Koreans taught […]

January 24, 2018