Featured in scotlandBYTeam MightyApr 24, 2023ShareHow four college students stole Scotland’s ‘Stone of Destiny’ from EnglandFor centuries, the Kings of Scotland were crowned on the Stone of Scone, also known as the Stone of Destiny, at the monastery of Scone near Perth, Scotland. Legend has… BYTeam MightyApr 24, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyJun 21, 2022Share4 reasons why the battles depicted in ‘Braveheart’ were total bunkWhen watching movies, especially those depicting battles or some other kind of military history, everyone knows Hollywood takes creative license with many of the details, no matter how important those… BYTeam MightyJun 21, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellJun 18, 2022ShareThe medieval weapon so frightening Scots surrendered at first sightThere’s not a lot about the 1995 movie Braveheart we can call “historically accurate.” William Wallace never knocked up Isabella, he wasn’t all that successful as a military leader, and the movie leaves out a lot of boring (but… BYBlake StilwellJun 18, 2022ShareBYTim KirkpatrickMay 18, 2023ShareReal versus reel: Four ways ‘Braveheart’ was different in real lifeThe 1998 epic starring Mel Gibson was widely acclaimed by the critics, but what did the historians think of “Braveheart?” BYTim KirkpatrickMay 18, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyMar 27, 2022ShareThe last Scottish Highland broadsword charge ended terribly for the HighlandersThere aren’t a lot of thoughts scarier than a few hundred Scots brandishing broadswords and coming at you at full sprint. That’s the concept behind the Scottish Highland charge, and… BYTeam MightyMar 27, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizJun 17, 2020ShareThe mythical origin of the sniper’s ghillie suitThe two men crawl stealthily through the Panamanian jungle. Their faces are painted with hues of black, brown and green. Their bodies are covered by the burlap strands and interwoven foliage of their ghillie suits. The sniper and his spotter reach a… BYMiguel OrtizJun 17, 2020ShareBYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020ShareThis great Viking was killed by his dead enemy’s skullThink of the most metal way that a Viking could go out. Leading a burning ship on a raid into an enemy hold? Sounds cool. Simultaneous ax swings to the skull with his nemesis? That’s good for an album cover. But BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020ShareBYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareWhat makes a bottle of whiskey cost $1.5 million dollarsGlenfiddich distillery in Scotland is the world’s largest exporter of single malt whisky. Started in Dufftown in 1886, it ships 1.2 million 9-liter cases each year. Making single malt is a difficult and lengthy process. Barley is ground down … BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareBYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020ShareThe ‘terrorist uniform’ you’ll probably wear this winterPlaid fabric is fairly innocuous. It’s been borrowed by all sorts of groups in America, from hipsters to lumberjacks and punk rockers to professors. But, in the 18th century, it was the semi-official uniform of Scottish rebels branded as terr… BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020Share
BYTeam MightyApr 24, 2023ShareHow four college students stole Scotland’s ‘Stone of Destiny’ from EnglandFor centuries, the Kings of Scotland were crowned on the Stone of Scone, also known as the Stone of Destiny, at the monastery of Scone near Perth, Scotland. Legend has… BYTeam MightyApr 24, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyJun 21, 2022Share4 reasons why the battles depicted in ‘Braveheart’ were total bunkWhen watching movies, especially those depicting battles or some other kind of military history, everyone knows Hollywood takes creative license with many of the details, no matter how important those… BYTeam MightyJun 21, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellJun 18, 2022ShareThe medieval weapon so frightening Scots surrendered at first sightThere’s not a lot about the 1995 movie Braveheart we can call “historically accurate.” William Wallace never knocked up Isabella, he wasn’t all that successful as a military leader, and the movie leaves out a lot of boring (but… BYBlake StilwellJun 18, 2022Share
BYTim KirkpatrickMay 18, 2023ShareReal versus reel: Four ways ‘Braveheart’ was different in real lifeThe 1998 epic starring Mel Gibson was widely acclaimed by the critics, but what did the historians think of “Braveheart?” BYTim KirkpatrickMay 18, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyMar 27, 2022ShareThe last Scottish Highland broadsword charge ended terribly for the HighlandersThere aren’t a lot of thoughts scarier than a few hundred Scots brandishing broadswords and coming at you at full sprint. That’s the concept behind the Scottish Highland charge, and… BYTeam MightyMar 27, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizJun 17, 2020ShareThe mythical origin of the sniper’s ghillie suitThe two men crawl stealthily through the Panamanian jungle. Their faces are painted with hues of black, brown and green. Their bodies are covered by the burlap strands and interwoven foliage of their ghillie suits. The sniper and his spotter reach a… BYMiguel OrtizJun 17, 2020Share
BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020ShareThis great Viking was killed by his dead enemy’s skullThink of the most metal way that a Viking could go out. Leading a burning ship on a raid into an enemy hold? Sounds cool. Simultaneous ax swings to the skull with his nemesis? That’s good for an album cover. But BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020Share
BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020ShareWhat makes a bottle of whiskey cost $1.5 million dollarsGlenfiddich distillery in Scotland is the world’s largest exporter of single malt whisky. Started in Dufftown in 1886, it ships 1.2 million 9-liter cases each year. Making single malt is a difficult and lengthy process. Barley is ground down … BYBusiness InsiderApr 29, 2020Share
BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020ShareThe ‘terrorist uniform’ you’ll probably wear this winterPlaid fabric is fairly innocuous. It’s been borrowed by all sorts of groups in America, from hipsters to lumberjacks and punk rockers to professors. But, in the 18th century, it was the semi-official uniform of Scottish rebels branded as terr… BYLogan NyeApr 29, 2020Share
