Hackney Borough Disinfection Station
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 28, 2021
When you came down with an infectious disease in the early 1900s in London, not only were you whisked away in a horse-drawn cart to the hosp...
The Madaba Mosaic Map
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 27, 2021
In 1884, an Orthodox Christian community that had recently moved to Madaba, a city in western Jordan, began the construction of a new Church...
The Soviet Moon Prank
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 24, 2021
In December 1968, Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders, became the first men to fly around the moon and return to earth. But they ...
Viktor Belenko: The Pilot Who Stole a Secret Soviet Aircraft
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 22, 2021
Lieutenant Viktor Ivanovich Belenko woke up early in the morning as he had done everyday for the past four weeks, to watch the approaching d...
The World's Largest Log Cabin
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 20, 2021
At the turn of the 20th century, the city of Portland, in Oregon, United States, was a major economic center, with a flourishing wheat and f...
Typhoid Mary: The Most Infamous Typhoid Carrier Who Ever Lived
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 16, 2021
We have been hearing about “asymptomatic carrier” quite a lot in the past few months. It scares us to death that there are people carrying c...
The Lighthouse at The End of The World
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 14, 2021
The San Juan de Salvamento lighthouse is located at the very end of the island of states, in Patagonia of Argentina, in the province of Tier...
The Pantai Remis Landslide
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 9, 2021
Tin mining is one of the oldest industries in Malaysia, having been mined for centuries along the river banks. These mines were small and th...
The Great Meteor of 1783
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 8, 2021
On the night of 18 August 1783, four gentlemen and their two lady companions were on the terrace of the Windsor Castle, enjoying the warm su...
The Great Vine of Hampton Court Palace
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 6, 2021
The Great Vine of Hampton Court Palace, on the River Thames in London, is the largest and the oldest vine in the world, having being planted...
Why The Romans Punished Dogs And Honored Geese
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 6, 2021
On a warm summer day in August in ancient Rome, a brilliantly decorated litter is carried solemnly in the direction of Circus Maximum. Its o...
Ida Lewis: The Bravest Woman in America
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 3, 2021
In the Newport harbor in Rhode Island, America’s smallest state, stands a small, squat lighthouse named after Ida Lewis, the fearless lighth...
Paper Railway Wheels
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 2, 2021
Paper has multitude of uses—from the newspaper that we read in the morning to the teabags that infuses our morning cup, from the toilet pape...
Daniel Lambert: England’s Most Famous Fat Man
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 31, 2021
For most of human history, mankind struggled with food scarcity. The poor and the working class were seldom well fed, and only the wealthy a...
Mansa Musa: The Richest Man in History
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 26, 2021
In 1324, Mansa Musa, the legendary ruler of the vast West African empire of Mali, set off for a pilgrimage to Mecca. Like many other devout ...
Tzompantli: The Gruesome Skull Racks of The Aztecs
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 25, 2021
When Spanish explorers first arrived in Mexico in the early 16th century and made contact with the Aztecs, they were taken aback by the cult...
Chicago River: The River That Runs Backward
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 23, 2021
From the mid to the late-19th century, Chicago was in the midst of a period of rapid growth, and as the city grew it placed enormous strain ...
Ascension Island’s Remarkable Ecological Transformation
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 18, 2021
In the middle of the South Atlantic Ocean, thousands of miles from practically anywhere, lies an isolated volcanic island called Ascension. ...
Mount Tambora And The Year Without a Summer
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 16, 2021
Volcanic eruptions can change the planet’s climate. During major eruptions, huge amount of volcanic ash are released into the upper atmosphe...
The World’s Largest Sailing Ship
Kaushik Patowary
Aug 12, 2021
On December 14, 1907, a large sailing ship wrecked off the coast of Annet, in the Isles of Scilly, killing all but two of her eighteen crew ...
