The Last Public Execution by Guillotine
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 1, 2021
On the morning of 17 June 1939, a crowd gathered outside the doors of the Saint-Pierre prison, in the center of Versailles. They had come to...
Toddler’s Truce: Why The British Could Not Watch TV at 6PM
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 30, 2021
At 6 PM every day the television would go blank. The next one hour would be frantic. Parents would scoop their kids off the living room couc...
Ciampate del Diavolo: 350,000 Years Old Fossilized Hominid Footprints
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 29, 2021
Near the Italian town of Foresta in the province of Caserta, and very close to the extinct volcano Roccamonfina, there is an area called Cia...
Bob Semple’s Tank: New Zealand’s Homegrown Tractor-Tanks
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 26, 2021
In 1941, war hysteria gripped New Zealand and its neighboring country of Australia. The Japanese army was advancing rapidly across South Eas...
The Hayirsizada Dog Massacre
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 24, 2021
Istanbul has many fascinating sights, from grand mosques to bustling bazaars, but one thing that has most consistently captured the imaginat...
The Case of The Missing Sri Lankan Handball Team
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 23, 2021
The Sri Lankan sports authority has a problem. Their athletes keep disappearing. They go to foreign countries to take part in sporting event...
Johannes Hevelius’s Moon Atlas
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 22, 2021
German astronomer Johannes Hevelius is often regarded as one of the last great astronomers to carry out major observational work without a t...
What Happens When You Bomb a Volcano
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 19, 2021
The Cumbre Vieja volcano in the Spanish island of La Palma in the Canary Islands began erupting in September 2021, and has been doing so for...
Before Pumpkins People Carved Turnips on Halloween
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 18, 2021
The yearly Halloween tradition of carving pumpkins into Jack-o-lanterns was originally an Irish ritual, but instead of pumpkins, the folks a...
Bertha Benz’s Historic Car Ride
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 17, 2021
In the early morning hours of August 5, 1888, the 39-year-old Bertha Benz, wife of automobile pioneer Karl Benz, sneaked out of the house, a...
