Chris Gorrie

An 1800s painting of the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War by Thure de Thulstrup.

Myths About the Civil War That Have Been Entirely Debunked

Chris Gorrie · April 9, 2024

A college student is interviewing one of their peers. The interviewee is answering the question “Who won the Civil War?” incorrectly by answering “the Confederates, right?”

Questions About the Foundation of the United States That Most People Get Wrong

Chris Gorrie · March 29, 2024

Student Accidentally Discovers New Species While Studying Dinosaur Fossils

Chris Gorrie · March 26, 2024

A man with a helmet and light stands with large gypsum crystals in the Naica Crystal Mines.

Miraculous Mine in Mexico is Covered in Crystals

Chris Gorrie · March 26, 2024

A Malaysian Airlines flight takes off from a Chinese airport.

10 Years Ago, the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 Disappeared; Now There's a New Theory on its Whereabouts

Chris Gorrie · March 25, 2024

Black-and-white photo of the atomic cloud during the Baker nuclear test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. A huge mushroom cloud rises out of the ocean.

Senator Proposes a Bill to Further Help Those Exposed to Radiation as a Result of Nuclear Testing in the 1940s

Chris Gorrie · March 25, 2024

A field full of students graduating from high school wearing red and blue robes and hats. They’ve just thrown their hats into the air.

Everything the High School History Books Got Wrong

Chris Gorrie · March 23, 2024

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo’s painting The Procession of the Trojan Horse in Troy, depicting the Trojan horse being drawn into the city by ropes as well as pushed from the hind legs.

Was the Trojan Horse Trick Real?

Chris Gorrie · March 21, 2024

A depiction of Aztec citizens infected with disease on beds. The top panel shows an Aztec shaman with a diseased individual.

Experts Finally Uncover What Ended the Aztecs

Chris Gorrie · March 21, 2024

Black-and-white photo of landing ships putting cargo ashore on Omaha Beach in Normandy, France at low tide during the early days of the Allied invasion, mid-June 1944.

The Biggest Myths and Misconceptions About World War II

Chris Gorrie · March 20, 2024

Photograph of the Irulegi amulet on the right, and a scanned outline of the amulet on the left with a clearer view of its inscription.

Recently Discovered Ancient Language Predates Romans

Chris Gorrie · March 9, 2024

The HMS Hood sailing in 1937.

In 1941 Bismarck, Germany's “Unsinkable” Ship Ended Up on the Ocean Floor

Chris Gorrie · March 7, 2024

The Lincoln Memorial, showing the very top part of the sculpture that includes Lincoln’s head and left arm, and the quotation behind the statue reading “In this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever.”

New Book Unveils Well Kept Secrets of Lincoln's Presidency

Chris Gorrie · March 6, 2024

A 3D-rendered image of two early hominid silhouettes, ostensibly a child and adult, walking together under the night sky.

New Findings Question the Validity of the 'Out of Africa' Theory

Chris Gorrie · March 5, 2024

A cross section of the Baby Yingliang dinosaur embryo in its egg. You can see the skeleton fossilized inside of a red, clay-like substance.

Dinosaur Embryo Uncovered Inside an Egg

Chris Gorrie · March 5, 2024

An oil painting depicting a tranquil sea scene at sunset. The golden light of the setting sun reflects off the calm waters. In the foreground, a small boat with two large sails is anchored, with a rowboat beside it. Dominating the center is a large, multi-masted ship of the line, its sails unfurled and still

Discovering History: How One Woman Discovered Spanish Shipwrecks Off Texas Shores

Chris Gorrie · March 4, 2024

An artist’s impression of SpaceX’s batch of 60 Starlink communication satellites in low-Earth orbit. The satellites are not to-scale and are enlarged.

The 30,000 Pieces of Space Debris in Our Orbit Are Causing Multiple Problems

Chris Gorrie · March 2, 2024

One of Bianchini’s trigonometric tables from Tabulae primi mobilis B, showing his use of decimal points.

Turns Out Historians Were Wrong About This Major Mathematical Progression

Chris Gorrie · March 2, 2024

Black-and-white photo of Vladimir Lenin speaking to a large crowd in Moscow from a large wooden podium on May 5, 1920. A red line leads to a red circle around an enlarged portrait photo of Lenin’s head.

Modern Day Russia Has Forgotten About the USSR's Founder

Chris Gorrie · February 28, 2024

Flora Steel holds up her brooch. Only her hand and the brooch are visible. They are blurred in the background. A red line leads to a red circle that encompasses a clarified image of the brooch.

Woman Buys an Old Brooch for $25, Little Did She Know it Was Worth $19,000

Chris Gorrie · February 25, 2024

Isopod crawling in the deep sea.

Marine Biologists Find Unidentified Translucent Species in the Deep Sea

Chris Gorrie · February 17, 2024

A map showing the location of the IM1 meteor that exploded north of Papua New Guinea.

Strange Marbles Uncovered in Deep Sea May be Clues of "Alien Life"

Chris Gorrie · February 16, 2024

People gather around a wooden box holding the remains of a 7th-century Avar warrior.

Spectacularly Rare 7th Century Warrior Uncovered by Archeologists

Chris Gorrie · February 13, 2024

A human skeleton partially buried in sand.

Farmers' Skeletons Discovered in a Tomb With Their Skulls Mysteriously Missing

Chris Gorrie · February 12, 2024