4 min read History The remarkable story of Eyam’s self-quarantine in the 17th century 7 years ago Adam
2 min read History #March 27, 1887: Prince Albert Memorial’s architect died on this day 7 years ago Robin
4 min read History #March 21, 1152: Eleanor and the most expensive divorce in History! 7 years ago Robin
3 min read History #March 15, 1889: the power of nature blows gunboat diplomacy out of the water in Apia Harbour, Western Samoa 7 years ago Robin
3 min read History #March 13, 1770: Daniel Lambert – the heaviest person ever to have lived 7 years ago Robin
3 min read History #March 9, 1974: the incredible Hiroo Onoda’s One-Man war finally ends 7 years ago Leo S
2 min read History #March 8, 1971: Frank Sinatra photographs the fight of the century 7 years ago Robin
3 min read History #March 5, 1953: Dictator and mass murderer Stalin goes to his grave 7 years ago Pavel
3 min read History #March 4, 1975: Charlie Chaplin was knighted at Buckingham Palace 7 years ago Nathan
2 min read History #March 2, 1998: The film “Titanic” became the first ever movie to earn 1 billion US dollars at the box office. 7 years ago Robin
2 min read History #February 29, 1504: The crafty Christopher Columbus’ leap year trick 7 years ago Leo S
3 min read History #February 28, 1874: the curious case of the “baronet” from Wagga Wagga 7 years ago Nathan
2 min read History #February 24, 1825: Thomas Bowdler, the man who Re-wrote the “Offensive” Shakespeare 7 years ago Robin
3 min read History #February 18, 1966: the casket that carried assassinated President John F. Kennedy buried at sea. 7 years ago Leo S
4 min read History Don’t touch the Royals: the absurd death of the Queen of Siam in the 19th Century 7 years ago Adam
3 min read History Ramesses II: the first (and probably the last) mummy to receive a passport! 7 years ago Adam
2 min read History January 1985-2020: the anniversary of the greatest snowfall of the (last) century. 7 years ago Anya
4 min read History The Wonders of New York: a Midcentury Map packed with weird local stories 7 years ago Leo S
4 min read History The true story of Trim, the adventurous cat belonging to navigator Matthew Flinders 7 years ago Nathan
5 min read History Vyborg: Once Finland’s 2nd most influential city, now only a small provincial town somewhere in Russia 7 years ago Adam
3 min read History The sunken city of Pavlopetri: the oldest submerged city in the Mediterranean 7 years ago Pavel
2 min read History 12 rare Color Photographs show the First Nazi Concentration Camps in 1933 7 years ago Adam
4 min read History Nellie Bly: the Journalist who let herself be interned in Asylum to save the patients 7 years ago Pavel
4 min read History Prague: the magnificent European capital cobbled with Jewish gravestones 7 years ago Adam
3 min read History The macabre egyptian “Voodoo” Doll, dated back about 3rd-4th Century AD 7 years ago Adam