Latest Landmarks

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Latest Curiosities

Salomon Andrée's Ill-Fated Arctic Balloon Expedition
Aviation

Salomon Andrée's Ill-Fated Arctic Balloon Expedition

Jun 9, 2025

By the late 19th century, the North Pole remained one of the last great geographic mysteries. The quest to reach the inhospitable and danger...

Timothy Dexter’s Curious Business Ventures
History

Timothy Dexter’s Curious Business Ventures

May 30, 2025

Timothy Dexter was businessman, but he had few business sense. He attempted to sell coal to Newcastle and bed warmers to the tropics. Yet, d...

Johann Bessler’s Mysterious Rotating Wheel
Germany

Johann Bessler’s Mysterious Rotating Wheel

May 26, 2025

For centuries, inventors have sought to create machines that could run forever without any external source of energy. These so-called “perpe...

Paige Compositor: The Invention That Bankrupted Mark Twain
History

Paige Compositor: The Invention That Bankrupted Mark Twain

May 19, 2025

Movabale letter types in a type case. This centuries-old method of type setting, although largely displaced by newer technologies, is s...

James Lind And The First Clinical Trial
England

James Lind And The First Clinical Trial

May 12, 2025

In the mid-18th century, the British Royal Navy was the most powerful maritime force in the world, but its dominance came at a high cost. Am...

The Poyais Scam: A Nation That Never Was
History

The Poyais Scam: A Nation That Never Was

May 7, 2025

A panoramic view of Black River in the fictional territory of Poyais. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons In the early 19th century, a Sc...

The Kauri Gum Diggers of New Zealand
History

The Kauri Gum Diggers of New Zealand

Apr 30, 2025

Two Māori gum-diggers pose with a substantial pile of kauri gum, representing a week’s labour. Photo credit: Museum at Te Ahu In the m...

The 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks
History

The 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

Apr 22, 2025

Crowds throng the beach at Atlantic City, New Jersey. circa 1908. Photo credit: Detroit Publishing Company The town of Beach Haven, o...

Harold Gillies: The Father of Plastic Surgery
England

Harold Gillies: The Father of Plastic Surgery

Apr 9, 2025

This is Walter Yeo, an English sailor who was injured while manning the guns aboard the battleship HMS Warspite during the Battle of Jutla...

Valencia’s Water Tribunal is The World’s Oldest Court
History

Valencia’s Water Tribunal is The World’s Oldest Court

Apr 3, 2025

It’s Thursday, and a sizeable crowd has gathered at the corner of Plaza de la Virgen in Valencia, Spain, near the Apostles Gate of the city’...

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