The Nottingham Cheese Riot of 1766
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 6, 2020
1766 was a bad year for farmers. Crops failed all across Europe, and prices of wheat, flour, corn and other foodstuffs shot up as a conseque...
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The Turin Erotic Papyrus
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2020
The Turin Erotic Papyrus is an ancient Egyptian papyrus scroll-painting that has long been a subject of intense interest among Egyptologists...
New York Moving Day: Mayhem on The Streets
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 4, 2020
The first day of May used to be absurdly chaotic for New Yorkers, for it was “Moving Day”—the once a year tradition when nearly a million te...
Banda: The Secret Island of Nutmegs
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 3, 2020
In the Banda Sea, roughly 2,500 km east of Jakarta lies the Banda Islands, a part of Indonesia. For thousands of years, this group of ten is...
The German-Japanese Village Where The Most Fearful Weapon Was Tested
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 2, 2020
One of the most devastating weapons ever invented was not the atomic bomb but napalm, the incendiary agent that was used extensively against...
A la Ronde: The 16-Sided House That’s Never Short of Sunlight
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 22, 2020
Near the village of Lympstone, in Devon, England, stands a unique 18th century property—a one of a kind 16-sided house built by two fiercely...
Broomway: Britain’s Deadliest Path
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 21, 2020
Situated on the east coast of Essex, England, on the estuary of River Roach, Foulness Island has long been controlled by the military. The a...
Casa de las Conchas: The House of Shells
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2020
Casa de las Conchas, or the House of Shells, is a curious attraction in Salamanca, Spain. This stately mansion built between the late 15th a...
Huer's Hut And Pilchard Fishing
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 20, 2020
Cornwall, in southwest England, once had a thriving fishing industry and at the heart of this industry was the pilchard, also known as sardi...
Fokker’s Synchronizing Gear And The Birth of Fighter Planes
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 16, 2020
The first airplanes to join the First World War were not made for combat. They merely played the role of an observer, scouting enemy positio...
Writing Sheds of Famous Writers
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 12, 2020
Writers usually have their favorite writing spots, a small, secluded space, sparsely furnished, where creativity flows unimpeded. The chosen...
The Spectacle of Death at The Paris Morgue
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 8, 2020
Throughout the 19th century, the Paris morgue attracted thousand of visitors every day. Eager tourists consumed by a morbid fascination with...
The Huron King Nuclear Test
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 6, 2020
The Nevada Test Site in Nye County, Nevada, about 65 miles northwest of the city of Las Vegas, is scattered with relics from the United Stat...
Abu Ballas: The Pottery Hill
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 3, 2020
In 1917, British surveyor Dr. John Ball made an unusual discovery in the Libyan desert in Egypt. About 180 km south-west of the Dakhla Oases...
The 1940 Mid-Air Collision at Brocklesby
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 2, 2020
In New South Wales, Australia, about 120 km south of Wagga Wagga, lies a small community of farmers and cattle rearers called Brocklesby. Th...
The Vegetable Lamb of Tartary
Kaushik Patowary
May 6, 2020
When cotton first came to Europe from Central Asia during the Middle ages, people were fascinated by the fluffy, fibrous balls that resemb...
Cosmos 954: The Nuke That Fell From Space
Kaushik Patowary
May 1, 2020
What goes up must eventually come down, including satellites that are currently orbiting the earth. After their work is done, they will be...
The Mysterious Hum Nobody Can Explain
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 28, 2020
For the past nine years, residents of Windsor city, situated on the Canadian side of the US-Canada border just across Detroit river, have ...
The Artist Who Got Carried Away: The Story of The Peacock Room
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 25, 2020
In 1876, the British shipping magnate Frederick Richards Leyland bought himself a grand house at 49 Princes Gate in the fashionable neighb...
Ama: The Freediving Fisherwomen of Japan
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 23, 2020
In ancient times, the only way to gather food and other resources, such as sponge and pearl, from the sea bed was to hold one’s breath and d...
