In the 17th century, King James of England found himself needing a new bible that aligned closer to his views. In order to do that he relied on his Royal Printers, who have an interesting story of their own…

Two of the most famous pirates during the Golden Age of Piracy were Anne Bonny and Mary Read yet what we know about them is shrouded in mystery and legends. Despite this their story is still an interesting one.

We all know the world is an interesting place but it can also be a dangerous place, here are five islands that scream “STAY AWAY”

Throughout history people have feared plenty of things for different reasons, even food! Let’s look at 4 different fruits and vegetables people feared throughout history and why!

Are French Fries even French? Probably not and it turns out the origin of its name in the United States is a bit more complicated with a few different stories on how the name came to be.

Christmas wasn’t always the peaceful and tame holiday it is today. In the 17th century, it was pretty wild and some of the colonists in America weren’t too fond of it, going as far as making it illegal.

For at least 800 years the English alphabet had an extra letter that we collectively as a society just kind of dropped in the mid-19th century. Today we look at why.

We all know the Pythagorean theorem created by philosopher Pythagoras; A squared plus B squared equals C squared. But also maybe he didn’t create it and what if, in reality, he led a cult into a war…

The recent MonsterVerse films have leaned into the idea of hollow earth as a fast-travel system for Godzilla. But did you know the hollow earth theory was a real theory scientists believed in several hundreds of years ago?

Polygraph machines, also known as lie detectors, are used a lot to determine if someone is lying. The strange thing is they don't actually work.

Ponce De Leon never searched for the Fountain of Youth but the search for it extends thousands of years and even multiple countries. What is the true history of the Fountain of Youth?

The famous Shakespearean tragedy "Macbeth" is said to be cursed but why? Turns out its origins is full of a lot more witches than I realized... and demons, fairies, and magic too.

In 1938 Orson Welles performed an adaptation of H.G. Wells' 'The War of the Worlds'. Newspapers then reported mass panic, riots, and even deaths, but did that really happen?

In 1897 a bill was introduced in the Indiana House of Representatives that would have changed Pi and Math as we know it, all because one man didn’t like it… It passed.

Imagine your hand having a mind of its own, doing whatever it wants whenever it wants. This is real life for some people suffering from Alien Hand Syndrome… and it’s not fun.

In 1984 McDonalds would run a marketing promotion they expected to increase traffic, give out free food, and promote the Olympics. But a series of world events stemming from 1979 ended up costing McDonalds millions.

In 1859 a pig wandered into Lyman Cutler's farm and began eating his potatoes. Lyman pull out his rifle and killed the pig, triggering an international incident involving the United States and Britain. One that almost caused a war on the small island of San Juan in the Strait of Georgia.

In 1671, England had endured two civil wars, and Thomas Blood was not entirely happy with the outcome. Not because he cared who won but because a new law took away his land. As revenge, he decided to steal the Crown Jewels and he sort of got away with it.

In February 2003 $100 million in diamonds, jewels, gold, silver, and cash disappeared from the state of the art vault in the Antwerp Diamond Centre in Belgium. It was considered the heist of the century and within days a panic attack, a receipt, and a salami sandwich brought most of the men to justice.

There are a few things every pirate should be, good with his sword, a good tactician, not a betrayer of their captains etc. Calico Jack wasn't any of these. We pick up with Calico Jack after last Friday's article where he betrayed Charles Vane and led a vote to rid him of the ship.