Fort Blunder: The Fort That America Mistakenly Built in Canada
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 10, 2018
During the American Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, between Great Britain and the United States, the border between British Canada an...
That Time When America Banned Sliced Bread
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 9, 2018
Modern life is full of conveniences but few things are as convenient as sliced bread. Just think about it. To make a sandwich all you need ...
The Frost Fairs of River Thames
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 7, 2018
Between the 13th and the 19th centuries, the northern hemisphere was in the grip of a “Little Ice Age”. Temperatures dropped worldwide as su...
The Ruins of Western Xia’s Imperial Tombs
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 6, 2018
About 30 kilometers to the west of the modern city of Yinchuan, lies the enormous burial complex of the Western Xia dynasty. Spread over 40 ...
The Jingle Trucks of Pakistan
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 4, 2018
A typical Pakistani truck driver spends more time with his truck than he does with his wife. Which explains why he wants his 10-ton six-whee...
The Ramree Island Crocodile Massacre
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 2, 2018
That night was the most horrible that any member of the motor launch crews ever experienced. The scattered rifle shots in the pitch black sw...
Riverside: The Future Birthplace of Captain James T. Kirk
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 31, 2018
James Tiberius Kirk— Star Trek fans will recollect—was the youngest captain in the Starfleet history, who boldly lead the starship USS Ente...
THUMS: California’s Secret Oil Islands
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 31, 2018
Not too far off the coast of Long Beach, California, are a set of four artificial islands containing towering white buildings set amidst pal...
Why Dogs Can’t Stand ‘The Cave of Dogs’
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 27, 2018
In the west of Naples, Italy, is a large volcanic area called Phlegraean Fields filled with craters of old, extinguished volcanoes. Lying mo...
The Postal Stones of Madagascar
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 26, 2018
About 2 km off the coast of Madagascar, in the Bay of Antongil, is a small, uninhabited, tropical island called Nosy Mangabe. The island is ...
