Danish children celebrate their birthdays by receiving a “cakeman.” The festive dessert is a cake baked and decorated to resemble the birthday child.
After blowing out the candles, the birthday boy or girl gets to sit in wide-eyed wonder as he or she is symbolically decapitated and disembowled and guests feast upon the sugary entrails.
Corpse Medicine: The Grisly History of Eating the Dead to Stay Alive
For centuries, Europeans used human remains as medicine, from powdered mummies and skull tinctures to blood from executions. Welcome to the grisly history of corpse medicine.
The National Wildlife Refuge System and How Fancy Women’s Hats Helped Create Federal Animal Protection
How fancy women’s hats, egret plumes, Theodore Roosevelt, and Pelican Island helped launch federal wildlife protection and the National Wildlife Refuge System.
The First Fourth of July Was a Lot Quieter Than You Think
John Adams predicted America would celebrate July 2 with fireworks, but July 4 stole the show. Here’s how the first fourth of July celebrations unfolded during America’s early years.
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