It was drawn 2,000 years ago and does not depict superheroes, cute little animals or thieves in a luxury car,...
History
The "Sin-Eater" is a profession that survived until the last century: in short, grieving family members of a recently deceased...
Archduke Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, wrote a tragic note to his wife in the early hours of this day,...
New York, the Big Apple, is known as one of the fun capitals of the world where almost anything goes....
2020 is now over, and many have the feeling that it was one of the worst years in history. But...
Happy and excited, millions children (and not only) across the world will tonight have one eye on the clock as...
A piece of white marble on a grave is actually a rich symbol. White stone, that symbolizes purity and innocence,...
England’s King Henry I died aged 66 on this day, December 1, 1135 after eating what was described at the...
Two men lurking over the pen. Meanwhile a large, male turkey walked in a circle, readying his mating dance, waiting...
Often maggot-infested, the food was often uneatable, living quarters were tiny and discipline was extremely strict, with the threat of...
Maybe not everyone knows her, but It would be wrong to describe Grace Darling as an unsung heroine: songs have...
If you are lucky enough to own a castle you want to enjoy the fine views on your lands from...
In 1974, Britain, and later much of the rest of the world, was captivated by the brutal murder of a...
A terrible tragedy known across the world by the name of the South Wales village where it happened, Aberfan, occurred...
Free speech laws in United Kingdom include some notorious exceptions: Saying anything to incite religious and racial hatred, threaten the...
Every year, two chosen nurses lay a wreath on the statue of such as Edith Cavell near Trafalgar Square in...
Considered by many to have been the most important naval engagement in human history, the Battle of Lepanto was fought...
On this day, October 5, 1996, a beautiful bride wore a pink satin dress and arrived by helicopter. And the...
As all we known, Julius Caesar was a brilliant Roman general. Born of a patrician family, he rose through the...
For the first time in history a steam locomotive carried passengers on a public railway on this day, September 27,...
Saudi Arabia, in 2011, became the most recent country in 21st century to grant women's suffrage (and also lifted the...
On this day, September 16, 1498 a frail, 78-year-old Dominican monk offered his final prayers to God, turned his face...
On this day, September 12, 1940 a French teenager took his dog for a walk. Well, a simple everyday event,...
For believers and ghost enthusiasts, Most Civil War battlefields are haunted by the restless souls of fallen soldiers. And of...
Thomas Farriner was a baker who served King Charles II, supplied bread to the Royal Navy, and lived in Pudding...
The Inca people named their empire "Land of the Four Quarters" or Tahuantinsuyu and in 1533 it was the largest...
The biggest explosion the world has ever known (try to imagine: an estimated 13,000 times greater than the bomb that...
Between the steep gorges of the Andes and the immense rainforests of the Amazonas region in Peru, there are surprising...
On this day, August 14, 1936 a crowd estimated at 10,000 to 20,000 gathered at Owensboro, Kentucky, to watch the...
For obvious reasons, S. A. Andrée’s balloon polar expedition of 1897 seems foolhardy and doomed to failure in modern times....
