Category: Listverse

  When we think of war heroes, most everyone thinks of men because women were barred from combat for most of history. Only recently, nations…

Ask any American who their nation’s greatest traitor throughout history was and they will blurt out, “Benedict Arnold!” Arnold fought for the colonists until he…

People have been developing weapons since the first time someone used a rock to bash in someone else’s skull. Since then, the lethality of weaponry…

Immunity is offered to people so that they might help in the prosecution of a higher-ranking level of criminal. This practice comes into play in…

Terrorism takes many forms and is not easily defined. Today’s fundamentalist terrorist movement in the Middle East may have sprung from far-right ideologies, but that…

Atheism is a lack of belief in a god or gods. Because atheism can be construed as antithetical to religion, numerous misconceptions have risen about…

Editorial cartoons have been around since the early 18th century. Politicians, monarchs, and highly influential people are targeted to make a point, and in many…

Biological and chemical weapons have gone out of use due to the inability to control them and the inhuman effects they have on their targets….

Military drones have garnered a great deal of attention over the years since the 9/11 bombings, but they’re very misunderstood. While some reports accurately describe…

Judaism is one of the world’s oldest practiced religions, and from it came the two largest faiths on the planet: Islam and Christianity. Despite its…