The Colors of Hormuz Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 21, 2021
Off the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf, about 8 km from the mainland, lies Hormuz Island, a small, teardrop shaped mound of rock salt, gy...
Mercury 13: The Women Who Almost Became Astronauts
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 20, 2021
If everything goes as planned, a few hours from now, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos would blast off into space aboard the suborbital space vehicl...
Japan’s Acrobatic Noodle Delivery Cyclists
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 19, 2021
These photographs taken in the middle of the 20th century on the streets of Tokyo show how food delivery looked like before the onslaught of...
The Wenlock Olympian Games That Inspired Modern Olympics
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 17, 2021
The first modern Olympic Games was held in Athens in 1896, but it was the small British town of Much Wenlock in Shropshire where the Olympic...
Bharat Mata Temple: A Shrine Dedicated to Mother India
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 15, 2021
The ancient city of Varanasi, in central India, draws pilgrims from all around the world. One of the most important religious hubs and the h...
46 BC: The 445-Day Year
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 14, 2021
For the past four hundred years, much of the modern world has been using the Gregorian calendar. As we are all familiar, this calendar has 1...
The Most Beautiful Sewage Plant
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 13, 2021
Situated on the banks of River Thames, about 9 km east of Greenwich, is a two-story brick building housing one of the most beautiful Victori...
The Deepest Hand-Dug Well
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 13, 2021
Sitting outside the Nuffield Hospital in Woodingdean, near Brighton and Hove, is a small, inconspicuous-looking covered well. But despite it...
Zheltuga: The Illegal Russian Gold Mining Town That Sprang Up in China
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 10, 2021
In the spring of 1883, gold was discovered on a branch of the river Albazikha, in northern Heilongjiang province in China near the border wi...
Why 1972 Was The Longest Year in History
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 8, 2021
Some years seem longer than others, especially when you are passing through a bad phase in life such as being stuck at home because a pandem...
The Oldest Orbiting Satellite
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2021
When a satellite is launched into space it is not expected to last forever. The satellite carries on board a limited amount of fuel which wi...
The Accidental Bombing of Bezuidenhout
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 5, 2021
At eight o’clock in the morning of 3 March 1945, the air-raid sirens were heard for the first time over Hague. A short while later a wave of...
The Tiara of Saitapharnes
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 2, 2021
For the better part of a decade, the widely celebrated and esteemed Louvre Museum of Paris proudly displayed a supposedly ancient tiara made...
Poena Cullei: The Worst Roman Punishment
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 1, 2021
Throughout history Man has shown extraordinary imagination in inventing penalties and sentences for crimes committed by fellow man. The Roma...
The Ksar of Ait Benhaddou
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 30, 2021
A small but vibrant city high up on Atlas Mountains, Ouarzazate, in south-central Morocco, has long been called the “door to the desert”. It...
That Time When The French Divided The Day Into 10 hours
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 28, 2021
For centuries we have used the sexagesimal system of measuring time, where each day is divided into 24 hours, each hour into 60 minutes and ...
The Lartigue Monorail of Listowel
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 25, 2021
A small heritage market town called Listowel in County Kerry, Ireland, is home to one of the strangest monorail system ever built. Instead o...
Gympie-Gympie: The Stinging Plant Which Can Inflict Pain For Months
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2021
Gympie-Gympie sounds adorable, but if you pay any attention to its scientific name Dendrocnide moroides , you would know its to be avoided. ...
Dog on The Tuckerbox
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 23, 2021
One of Australia’s famous pioneer monuments is located in the small town of Gundagai about half way between Melbourne and Sydney. The monume...
The Anatomical Machines of Raimondo di Sangro
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 22, 2021
Housed in glass cases in the basement of Sansevero Chapel in Naples, Italy, are two extraordinary exhibits. Called “anatomical machines”, th...
