Because who needs boring old history when you can have Weird history?
Meet the ancient Egyptians, who were so into building massive, pointy structures that they probably had a 1-1 trade with the ancient Greeks.
Read about how they managed to move a 100-ton block into place with nothing but pulleys, levers, and a lot of cursing
When the only thing darker than the ages themselves was your prospects of making it past puberty.
Read about the chivalry that was totally not dead, but actually just really, really sleepy