Belyana: Russia’s Giant Wooden Boats
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 22, 2021
The Belyana were some of the largest wooden ships ever built. Yet, they were only meant for a single journey. They were built to transport...
Wellington’s Private Cable Cars
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 21, 2021
The iconic Wellington Cable Car between Lambton Quay and Kelburn is one of Wellington’s most beloved landmarks, but it is not the only funic...
Bring Home The Bacon at The Dunmow Flitch Trials
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 20, 2021
Married couples who can prove their undying love for each other can take home half a pig in a tradition that dates back to at least the 12th...
Belka and Strelka: Soviet Space Dogs
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 17, 2021
In August 1960, two dogs named Belka and Strelka completed went to space aboard a Soviet spacecraft, stayed for a full day orbiting, and ret...
The Bronze Horseman And The Thunder Stone
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 16, 2021
At the Senate Square in Saint Petersburg, Russia, stands a magnificent equestrian statue of the founder of St Petersburg, Peter the Great. K...
Woodmere Avenue: Britain’s Infamous Width Restriction Keeps Wrecking Cars
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 15, 2021
A clearance of seven feet should be wide enough for most vehicles to pass through, but apparently, not for some. As these videos reveal, man...
The Burning of Tuileries Palace
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 15, 2021
Directly in front of the Louvre, between the Arc de Triomphe du Carrousel and the Arc de Triomphe de l'Etoile in Paris, where there is n...
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot And The World’s First Automobile
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 14, 2021
The world’s first self-propelled mechanical vehicle, in other words, the world’s first automobile, was built by the largely unknown French i...
The Florescence of Lignum Nephriticum
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 13, 2021
The Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III once received a gift from Athanasius Kircher, a German Jesuit scholar, sometime in the middle of the 17...
The Straw Hat Riot of 1922
Kaushik Patowary
Dec 10, 2021
What’s the worst that could happen from wrong fashion choices? A little bit of teasing and ridicule from your friends, sure. But rarely will...
