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Victorian Life
Fashion, technology, food, etiquette, society, and daily life.
The Aztec
Cacao, preparation, ritual, trade, and Mesoamerican food history.
Cannibalism
Historical, ritual, survival, medical, and cultural contexts.
The History of Plastic Surgery and the Modern Hospital
Internet history, online communities,
documentation, and digital culture.
Japanese Yokai and Mononoke
Music, fashion, history,
subgenres, and major artists.
Rococo France
Aristocracy, fashion, art,
architecture, and court culture.
Historical Medicine
Treatments, surgery, disease,
anatomy, and medical beliefs.
Internet History
Old websites, online communities,
web culture, and the history of shock sites and their impact on the iraq war.
Medieval Spice Use
Burial, mourning, funerary traditions,
and beliefs across cultures.
Why no Aliens?
The great wall theory, and others.
poisonous pigments, arsenic green, lead white, mercury cosmetics, radioactive consumer goods,
patent medicines, medical quackery, corset myths, beauty standards that caused injury, dangerous toys,
flammable clothing, hat-making mercury exposure
Why Do Some Images Feel That Way?
liminal spaces
Cities built from scratch
the abandoned japanese floating city
How humans Bred Modern Foods
Did you know the 10 most consumed veggie comes from one plant?
Did you know many fruits had giant seeds? Did you know the egyptians
liked one plant so much, they ate it to extinction?
Why are Cult leaders like that?
How did we preserve food before refridgeration?
Pre-colonial America(s)
Bad Art History
What happened on the internet? How did deviantArt change art? What the hell
is a sonichu? who is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Raven Way?
What are vocoloids?
and other "fake" bands
Why are there 32 ingredients in my bigmac?
what are you eating at McDonalds?