*This one is a phrase, not just a word!* It was harvest time, and a farmer needed help harvesting his vineyard. So, he went to the town marketplace where people often waited for jobs. The sun was still rising when the farmer got there. He offered the workers one denarius…

A long time ago, people dressed up in goat skins. They danced around wildly and sang religious songs. This was a part of a religious festival called Dionysia (or Bacchanalia). Dionysia started in Athens in the 7th century B.C.E. and honored Dionysis, the god of wine and fertility. The festival…

Imagine you’re walking down a crowded Dublin street in the early 1800s. You come across a ring laying on the ground. It’s shiny and brass-colored. You think there might even be a diamond on it. As you bend down to pick it up, you almost bump heads with someone else…

I hate to break it to you, but it’s time to move on from your team that failed to make the Sweet 16 of the 2022 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. RIP Buckeyes, Broncos, and Bears. Better luck next year Hoosiers, Hawkeyes, and Horned Frogs. Don’t worry, I’ll make it easy…

When Christian crusaders came to Lebanon, they were met by a zealous group of Muslims called the Fidai. The Light of God Inside The Fidai were a group of trained fighters who lived in the mountains. They were incredibly brave, borderline reckless. …

If you think watching basketball is boring, you have one problem: you don’t understand the game. And that’s not your fault! Let’s blame your parents, the government, society…whoever didn’t teach you the greatest game on earth. But I want you to love the game, so here are three specific reasons you think it’s boring and…

We used to theorize that everything could be broken down into one of four elements. They’re called the Four Classic Elements, and you’ve probably heard of them: air, earth, fire, and water. Every material thing was a combination of those elements, like a recipe. Eventually, we realized that this didn’t…

There once was an Italian scientist named Luigi who did experiments on dead frogs. He was a professor at his alma mater, the University of Bologna, during the 1770s and specialized in anatomy, surgery, and obstetrics. One day, Luigi happened to be running experiments on frog legs and electricity. His…

Folklore is full of human/animal hybrids. Some you’ve heard of, such as the Centaur (human up top, horse down below). Others are more obscure, such as the Capelobo (legs of a goat, torso of a human, head of an…anteater?). One such creature is the Minotaur from Greek mythology, with the…