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While the light bulb may be the quintessential human invention not to mention the very symbol of inspiration itself the process of invention couldnt be further from flipping a light switch. Invention is a slow, gradual grind, with one inventor carefully building off the achievements of the last until we finally have the

The term con artist or conman comes from one of American historys earliest scammers, a man by the name of William Thompson. In 1849, Thompson was arrested in New York City for a slew of successful scams during which he duped unassuming passersby on the street into lending him their valuables before vanishing with them.

Yves GELLIE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty ImagesA scene from the film Rapa-Nui, a reconstruction of the history of Easter Island. Each year, new scientific research and archaeological discoveries help us gain a deeper understanding of human history. Experts have discovered civilizations once lost, unheard-of religions, and strange creatures that once roamed the planet.

Jayne Sharp/XAfter a customer returned the painting complaining of a creepy aura, the thrift shop manager put it up in the window with the warning, Possibly cursed? A painting purchased at a thrift shop in the UK was sold for over $2,000 on eBay after it was deemed cursed by the shop manager and its

At the turn of the century, New Yorkers rushed to a new kind of dining establishment, one they felt represented all the sleekness and efficiency of a future in chrome: the Automat. As a sort of ancestor of the vending machine, Automats were a wall of coin-operated cubbies that contained hot food and beverages behind