1. Washing Walls with Gasoline Believe it or not, some 1950s cleaning guides recommended scrubbing stubborn stains or grease off painted walls with gasoline. It worked fast, cutting right through grime, but it was also incredibly dangerous. People rarely thought […]
1. Centralia, Pennsylvania Centralia is probably the most famous “ghost town” in America, thanks to the coal mine fire that has been burning beneath it since 1962. Once home to over a thousand residents, the fire made the ground unstable,
1. Dolls with Human Hair Every so often, people stumble upon old dolls tucked away in attics or hidden in basements, and some of them are crafted with real human hair. The unsettling part is that you never know whose
1. Lake Shawnee Amusement Park, West Virginia Lake Shawnee has the kind of backstory that would make even the bravest thrill-seekers think twice. Built in the 1920s on land already haunted by violent conflict between settlers and Indigenous people, the
1. You Only Use 10% of Your Brain For years, teachers and even textbooks repeated the idea that humans only use about 10% of their brains. It sounded scientific enough to stick, and plenty of movies have run with the
1. Centralia, Pennsylvania Centralia is one of the most famous ghost towns in America, and for good reason. In 1962, a coal mine fire accidentally ignited beneath the small town, and it’s been burning ever since. The smoke and toxic
1. Black Cats Crossing Your Path In many European villages, especially in the Middle Ages, a black cat crossing your path was seen as a terrible omen. People truly believed it meant misfortune was coming their way, and they would
