HistoricalMX • 17th December 2024

The Pirates of Campeche | HistoricalMX

You are awakened by the sound of gunfire. You stumble outside to a night sky filled with the suffocating smell of smoke. More gunshots ring out in the distance, as a harmony of pained, panicked screams swells all around. You look off towards the horizon, and that is when you see it: unfamiliar ships line the shore of your coastal town. These ships, as it turns out, brought with them a veritable brigade of bloodthirsty buccaneers, armed to the teeth with cutlasses and flintlock pistols. Pirates a...

East Texas History • 17th December 2024

The Lynching of George Hughes | East Texas History

On Friday, May 9, 1930, in Sherman, Texas, the oppressive smell of fresh smoke filled the air. The sound of shattering glass pierced the evening sky. An entire section of the town was up in flames, as was the Grayson County courthouse. The streets were rife with bloodlust and panic. By the end of the night, a man was lynched from a tree, his charred body left dangling from a noose as locals gathered for photographs.

Sherman is the seat of Grayson County, and in some capacity, its identity and i...

WhatCulture.com • 29th April 2022

10 Supernatural Heroes We Can’t Wait To See In The MCU

Vampires and mummies and werewolves, oh my! The future of the MCU looks spooky.

Would it be trite to say that the Marvel Cinematic Universe is a bona fide pop culture phenomenon? Because it is. That appeal is owed in large part to the diversity of genres and tones within the broader comicbook movie universe. Like the comics, the MCU contains multitudes. Films like the Captain America series and Black Widow are rooted heavily in politics and espionage. Guardians of the Galaxy and Thor (especiall...

WhatCulture.com • 2nd January 2022

12 Most Likely Villains For The Next MCU Spider-Man Trilogy - Ranked

SPOILERS for Spider-Man: No Way Home and HawkeyeWith Spider-Man: No Way Home, the first MCU Spider-Man trilogy has come to a tremendous close. Not only is it Sony's highest-grossing film of all time, but it's an all-around crowd-pleaser that hit all the right notes to appease Spider-fans of every generation. At the end of No Way Home, Peter made the earth-shattering decision to have Strange cast a spell that wiped him from the world's collective memory. Now, Peter is at an all-time low. While a...

WhatCulture.com • 19th November 2021

10 Marvel Heroes For The New Mystery Game

We've seen a slew of games based on Marvel properties get either released or announced in the last few years, and for the most part, the bigger tentpole games have been pretty well-received. Spider-Man slung the doors open, and its pseudo-sequel-DLC, Miles Morales, was every bit the critical darling as its predecessor. While Marvel's Avengers received less praise, the recent Guardians of the Galaxy game made up for it. In the pipeline, we've got Midnight Suns, Wolverine, and a Spider-Man sequel....

WhatCulture.com • 21st October 2021

MCU Phase 4: 10 Biggest Mysteries (So Far)

Phase 4 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is well underway, with three shows and two films having already been released. Some of those releases have satisfied more than others, and they are sure to spark a healthy mixture of excitement and spirited conversation. Some of them have also left us with lingering questions. Has the TVA been reset, or did Loki just get flung into parallel version of it? Who is Jimmy Wu's mysterious witness? Where did Renslayer run off to? What happened between Carol and...

WhatCulture.com • 24th June 2021

10 Weirdest Deaths In History

Do you want to start your day off on a high note? Yes? Then think about this: you're going to die. We all are. Maybe tomorrow, maybe 40 years from now. We rarely know when, and we rarely know how, but we all know that we will. That is the single universal truth from which no one can escape. So, now that you've pepped yourself up for the day, consider this: your death probably won't be as weird, off the wall, or - let's face it - silly as some other people. The odds of some whacky, unbelievable d...

WhatCulture.com • 4th June 2021

10 Insane Planets You Won't Believe Exist

The next time you want to complain about the weather, remember the planet that rains rocks.

You know, Earth is pretty cool, all things considered. Yes, depending on where you live, it can be pretty unpleasant. From bitter cold in the winters, to scorching heat in the summers, our seasons can be a bit dramatic, sure. But you know what? At least the planet isn't on fire. At least it's not completely under water. At least it has oxygen, water, plant life, food, and an atmosphere. The temperatures...

WhatCulture.com • 1st June 2021

10 Popular History Myths (You Probably Believe)

History is kind of funny.People have an odd relationship with the past. The further away we get, two things happen. First, historians and scholars can start to piece together a more objective, multilayered picture of history by moving away from the event or time period in question. Recency bias starts to subside, and historians move outside of the archives to uncover the stories of those traditionally excluded from mainstream historical narratives. Second, and standing in stark contrast, general...

WhatCulture.com • 19th May 2021

10 Best MCU Weapons

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is chock full of impressive weapons, logic-defying devices, and nifty gadgets. Which ones rise above the rest, though?How does, say, the Hadron Enforcer - so craftily assembled by Rocket in the first Guardians film - stack up in the pantheon of MCU weaponry? What of Stormbreaker, Mjolnir, and Heimdall's sword, Hofund? How does James Buchanan Barnes's metal arm stack up against against the Infinity Gauntlet, for example? It doesn't. That's the only spoiler you get fo...