Auld Lang Syne is a song traditionally in most English speaking and many other countries played on New Year's Eve. The phrase Auld Lang Syne translates in English to mean "old long since" or "long, long, ago." Auld Lang Syne is based upon a Scottish poem originally written by James Watson in...
Image: Eddie Adams Popular photography as we know it was presented to the public in the 1840s. It was proposed as the ultimate portrayal of reality and the eternal confinement of history - unlike art or prose, photographs are not easily altered. They have been used to depict the terrors and truths...
Pirates! They weren’t all Johnny Depp-swaying, dainty and witty denizens of the sea. Here’s a list of the fifteen bloodiest, unluckiest or simply most fashionably dressed.
The Undertaker" was burned while entering the ring during Sunday night's World Wrestling Entertainment pay-per-view event, "The Elimination Chamber." In the wrestling competition for the world heavyweight champion, WWE spokesman, Robert Zimmerman, confirmed that wrestler's burns were due to a...
Halloween, Hallowe’en, or All Hallow’s Evening is speculated to have originated by the Celtic Samhain and pagans over 2,000 years ago on October 31. In celebration of the eve of the Western Christian’s feast of All Hallows, western Europeans honored the end of the harvest season and the dead with...
Escapology is the art of escaping from restraints of some kind - such as handcuffs, straightjackets, cages or coffins. The skill has been used as a form of magical entertainment since at least the 1860s, although it didn’t become recognized as an act in itself until later in the century. As the...
With Valentine’s Day just days away, you, like many others, may be looking for the perfect way to celebrate and express your love. Look no further than here. As the world prepares for this year’s observance of the commemoration established by Pope Gelasius way back in 500 AD to honor Christian...
Some things might have been better off not being invented. Now we're not denying that these come with some good ... convenience, connectedness, etc. We're just saying... sometimes the bad seems to outweigh the good.
Image Source Black mist, the sound of distant footsteps, blood-curdling screams in the dark, and ghostly visions… For most of us, this is the fictitious world of horror movies. But some people have encountered such bone-chilling phenomena for real, in spooky locations around the world. These creepy...
Atheism is generating quite a lot of attention these days. Prominent atheists are getting the word out about their views in increasing numbers and generating lots of public debate on the proper place of religion in governments and societies in the modern world. And now more than ever, atheists...
