As a social species, humans spend a lot of time distinguishing themselves within their society. For centuries, we have ...

While it sounds a bit strange that this was the desired effect, throughout history dentures and false teeth had been made with ivory, gold, silver, mother of pearl or enamelled copper. It was only ...

Throughout history, strange medical practices that we might consider gross or inhumane today have been used to cure the ...

Meanwhile, from the other news covered by the Empire, these are the 10 strangest stories of 2024 in no particular order.

Unfortunately, you land in literal hot water. Your worm brain can’t really process this, but you’ve just crashed into the teacup of legendary Chinese empress Leizu. As you die in the hot tea, your ...