St. Elizabeth's Flood of 1421

St. Elizabeth's Flood of 1421

On the night of November...
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Henry Gunther: The Last Soldier To Be Killed During World War 1

Henry Gunther: The Last Soldier To Be Killed During World War 1

Just after 5 o’clock on the...
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Ictíneo II: The World’s First Powered Submarine That Ran On Chemicals

Ictíneo II: The World’s First Powered Submarine That Ran On Chemicals

Before the age of steam,...
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Pecunia Non Olet: The Urine Tax of Ancient Rome

Pecunia Non Olet: The Urine Tax of Ancient Rome

A Roman-era latrine in Timgad...
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Abraham Crijnssen: The Ship That Disguised Itself As An Island

Abraham Crijnssen: The Ship That Disguised Itself As An Island

Camouflage is a vital strategy...
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Robert Coates: The Greatest Bad Actor

Robert Coates: The Greatest Bad Actor

In the glittering world of...
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The Iron Hand of Götz von Berlichingen

The Iron Hand of Götz von Berlichingen

Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen...
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The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine

The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine

In the late 19th century,...
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Salomon Andrée's Ill-Fated Arctic Balloon Expedition

Salomon Andrée's Ill-Fated Arctic Balloon Expedition

By the late 19th century,...
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Timothy Dexter’s Curious Business Ventures

Timothy Dexter’s Curious Business Ventures

Timothy Dexter was businessman,...
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Johann Bessler’s Mysterious Rotating Wheel

Johann Bessler’s Mysterious Rotating Wheel

For centuries, inventors...
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Paige Compositor: The Invention That Bankrupted Mark Twain

Paige Compositor: The Invention That Bankrupted Mark Twain

Movabale letter types in...
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James Lind And The First Clinical Trial

James Lind And The First Clinical Trial

In the mid-18th century,...
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The Poyais Scam: A Nation That Never Was

The Poyais Scam: A Nation That Never Was

A panoramic view of Black...
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The Kauri Gum Diggers of New Zealand

The Kauri Gum Diggers of New Zealand

Two Māori gum-diggers pose...
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The 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

The 1916 Jersey Shore Shark Attacks

Crowds throng the beach...
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Harold Gillies: The Father of Plastic Surgery

Harold Gillies: The Father of Plastic Surgery

This is Walter Yeo, an English...
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Valencia’s Water Tribunal is The World’s Oldest Court

Valencia’s Water Tribunal is The World’s Oldest Court

It’s Thursday, and a sizeable...
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Aqua Tofana: The 17th Century Husband Killer

Aqua Tofana: The 17th Century Husband Killer

Sometime in the summer of...
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Hating Henry Symeonis: An Oxford University Tradition

Hating Henry Symeonis: An Oxford University Tradition

The University of Oxford—one...
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