5 Times Weather Played Foul For An Invading Army
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2024
Throughout history, weather has played a significant role in military campaigns, sometimes altering its course and reshaping the destiny of ...
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John Stringfellow And The World's First Powered Flight
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 5, 2024
In 1842, British engineers William Samuel Henson and John Stringfellow received a patent for a flying machine. Unlike previous attempts made...
Bedford Level Experiment: The 19th Century Experiment That Laid The Foundation of The Flat Earth Society
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 31, 2024
In 1838, English writer and socialist, Samuel Rowbotham, set out to disprove what the ancient Greeks as well as modern scientists had long e...
Pratt And Smith: The Last Men To Be Executed For Sodomy in England
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 8, 2024
On the morning of November 27, 1835, two men—James Pratt and John Smith—were publicly hanged in front of Newgate Prison in London. Just thre...
Barkway Carriage Wash
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 3, 2024
What looks like a pool of stagnant water by the side of the road in Royston, in Hertfordshire, is really the oldest carriage wash in the wor...
Bottle Kicking in Hallaton
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 18, 2023
In the village of Hallaton in Leicestershire, England, a unique tradition unfolds every Easter Monday. The residents of Hallaton and the nea...
The Logan Rock of Treen
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 5, 2023
On the edge of the cliffs overlooking the English Channel, on a headland one mile south of Treen, in Cornwall, England, is a famous rocking ...
The Leicester Balloon Riot of 1864
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 13, 2023
During the latter part of the 18th century and most of the 19th century, there was a notable surge in public fascination with ballooning. Th...
The Sinking of U-boat 864
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 9, 2023
During World War II, German U-boats wrought havoc upon Allied supply lines and commercial shipping inflicting heavy losses on merchant convo...
Arthur John Priest: The Unsinkable Stoker
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 18, 2023
If there was anyone on board the Titanic that truly deserved the title “unsinkable” it was a coal stoker named Arthur John Priest, who surv...
