History

The unsinkable ship sank more than 100 years ago, but it’s a tragedy that people still talk about to this day. During her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, the Titanic made its fatal descent into the depths of the North Atlantic after colliding with an …

Paris, originally a Roman City called “Lutetia”, was founded in the 3rd century BC. The city of love and romance is also called “The City of Light” (La Ville Lumière) because of its leading role during the Age of Enlightenment and also because it was one of the …

Air travel is the quickest way to reach a destination. The Bureau of Transportation reports that there are a total of 631,939,829 passengers boarding domestic flights in the United States alone every year; which averages to 1.73 million passengers flying per day. Every now and …

Plenty of animals have gone extinct in Earth’s lifetime. Even without the intervention of humans, many plants and animals have been subjected to mass extinction; eliminating their presence from our planet. Whether the reason for their demise was natural or unnatural, we have never been …

Man has always had an eye for the riches. Since the early 1500’s to the mid 1800’s, pirates have roamed the seas hunting for goods and treasures. In fact, when we hear the word “treasure”, that’s the first thing that comes to our minds. More than …

We consider extinction to be a silent process that took place somewhere in the dark ages. The dinosaurs aren’t the only ones that were prone to extinction. Humanity has been the reason for the total elimination of many creatures, while some were taken back by …

Since technology has become more reliable and efficient, people have forgotten tips and tricks from the past. Sometimes, a solution to a problem might not be the latest innovation. Our ancestors followed certain tricks that helped them with their daily lives. Thanks to the New York …

Onfim, an ordinary boy like many others, lived in Novgorod, in Russia, during the 13th century. At the time, it was a common practice to write letters as well as draw pictures everywhere. Onfim followed the practice and used a sharp stylus to draw pictures on …

Mass hysteria is a phenomenon that can transmit rapidly throughout a population. Whether it’s real or imaginary, there are always people who fall for it. History has shown several cases of mass hysteria as a result of collective delusion. Even though some of them were harmless, some left …

The Apollo program or project Apollo was the third U.S. spaceflight program conducted by NASA. Astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins left Earth in Apollo 11 on July 16, 1969. Four days later, man took his first steps on the moon. The astronauts …