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In this, the age of the Internet, Nikola Tesla has enjoyed a posthumous surge in popularity that makes Einstein look like an old french fry. It took an entire David Bowie to fill his shoes in The Prestige. Today, we’re looking at things you didn’t know about Nikola Tesla.

When we think of knights during the medieval times, we think of valiant men who chose to defend their honor in feats of jousting, chivalry, and dragon slaying. But that’s not exactly how it was for the actual knights. Jousting wasn’t always a part of the culture of being a knight, chivalry was less of how to be a gentleman and more a list of what not to do, and dragons weren’t real no matter how much we wish they were. Today, we’re exploring What It Was Actually Like to be a Knight During Medieval Times

Medieval Europe had no shortages of super deadly disease outbreaks that could wipe out a chunk of the population without much effort. But none of them were quite as fun as the bizarre case of Frau Troffea and the dancing plague that had upwards of 400 people compulsively dancing in the streets, some even to their deaths. Today, we’re going to examine the Plague that Made People Dance Themselves to Death.

We’ll put it as bluntly as possible -- the life of a Civil War soldier sucked. Sure, all war is hell, but if you signed up to be a Civil War soldier it was essentially the equivalent to signing your own death certificate. Today, we’re exploring what life was really like to be a Civil War soldier.

The Black Death was period in 14th Century Europe where three variations of the plague, bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic wiped out an estimated 60% of Europe.

Slave labor was a huge aspect of Roman life and the Republic depended heavily on free work from human beings who had no rights, no possessions, and were left at the whims of their masters to be worked to death, starved, tortured, and sometimes even killed for the sake of enjoyment. Sure, you may have seen Russell Crowe play one in a movie, but chances are you have no idea just how brutal it really was.

On June 6, 2015, two men escaped from New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility in a breakout that was so complex and layered, the media called it a real-life Shawshank Redemption.

Contrary to Hollywood scripture, RL Cowboy Lyfe was less Rawhide and more A Million Ways to Die of Dysentery in the Desert. The life of a cowboy in the 1800s was a full plate of hard work, danger, and monotony with a heaping helping of dust, snakes, bugs, and beans on the side. Today we’re exploring what it was really like to be a cowboy in the wild west.

Pirates have a reputation--admittedly earned--for being ruthless, bloodthirsty killers. Life on the high seas demanded so much of those willing to brave it that it became customary for new pirates to develop an honorable accord. Pirates had a surprisingly complex culture, and what’s crazier to us is that movies have barely scratched the surface of their traditions.

Whether you’ve seen her in a movie, or just have a human pulse -- most of us know who Cleopatra is. Cleopatra, or Cleopatra VII if we’re getting specific, was a lifelong leader and one of the most ruthless and brilliant rulers of her time.

She may be the most famous person to ever get burned at the stake, but do you really know everything there is to know about Joan of Arc?

Erik Satie | History's Most Eccentric Musician

7 Theories About the Mysterious Vanishing Of Roanoke Colony

Marguerite Alibert | From Prostitute to Princess to Murderer

The Life and Tragic Death of Guitar Great Duane Allman

D.A.R.E. Was a Bigger Failure Than You Realized

This Is What Happened The Day The Dinosaurs Died

Why Andrew Jackson Was the Craziest President Ever

What Were Your Chances of Surviving The Titanic Based On Your Income

Weird Things You Didn't Know About Bob Ross

What May Have Caused the Death of Elizabeth I

The CIA Once Trained a Cat to Be a Spy

What Life Was Really Like On the Oregon Trail

What It Was Like to Be On the Oregon Trail

Walter Jackson Freeman II The Champion of the Lobotomy