1764 Woldegk Tornado: The Strongest in History
Kaushik Patowary
May 18, 2023
On June 29, 1764, almost the entire town of Woldegk was in church attending a day of repentance and prayer. Also known as Buß- und Bettag, i...
Why Phyllis Rode Aristotle Around Like a Horse
Kaushik Patowary
May 17, 2023
In the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, there is a bronze aquamanile, or water jug, dating from the late 14th or early 15th century. ...
Ponte dei Trepponti: A Unique 5-Way Bridge
Kaushik Patowary
May 12, 2023
The Ponte dei Trepponti or Trepponti bridge is a rare five-way bridge located in Comacchio, Italy. Although the name “Trepponti”, originatin...
The Case of The Radioactive Toothpaste
Kaushik Patowary
May 11, 2023
In the late 1943, while the Manhattan project was underway, a team of spies were sent to Europe to gather information about how the Nazis we...
The World’s Oldest Optical Illusion
Kaushik Patowary
May 10, 2023
In the October 1892 issue of Fliegende Blätter , a German humor magazine, there appeared an image depicting an optical illusion. The image w...
Girolamo Segato’s Mysterious Petrified Mummies
Kaushik Patowary
May 9, 2023
For thousands of years, different cultures across continents have successfully preserved bodies of their ancestors. For the Egyptians, mummi...
Lennie Gwyther: A 9-year-old Who Journeyed Solo Across Australia
Kaushik Patowary
May 4, 2023
On February 3, 1932, nine-year-old Lennie Gwyther packed his bags and left for Sydney. He was going to attend the opening of the Sydney Harb...
John ‘Half-hanged’ Smith
Kaushik Patowary
May 3, 2023
A man can lose a life in the most silliest of mishaps, like tripping over his own foot and breaking his neck. Yet, some people have an uncan...
Sarah Baartman: The Black Woman Who Was Exploited For Her Big Booty
Kaushik Patowary
May 2, 2023
The story of Sarah Baartman is a story of abuse and objectification that has become a powerful symbol of colonial exploitation and racism, a...
How The Beast Of Gévaudan Terrorized 18th-Century France
Kaushik Patowary
May 1, 2023
For three years in the mid-1760s, inhabitants of Gévaudan in Southern France were terrorized by a mysterious beast. The creature preyed most...
