The Legend of The Lost Cement Mine
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 5, 2019
Gold mining in California. Lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1871. Image courtesy: Everett Historical/Shutterstock.com Hundreds of million...
Why Mediaeval Europeans Slept Inside Boxes
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 1, 2019
For much of human history, privacy during bedtime was an alien concept. Many poor families lived in small houses, where there was only one o...
The Berlin Candy Bomber
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 31, 2019
Following the end of World War 2, Germany was broken up and divided among the Allies as one divides war booty. The western half was occupie...
That Time When Britain Had Its Own Rocket
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 30, 2019
For a country as technological advanced as Great Britain, it sounds almost implausible when you say that the British do not have a space pr...
The Abandoned Mansions of Bishops Avenue
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2019
Bishops Avenue, in North London, dubbed the “Billionaire's Row” is one of the wealthiest streets in the world. The average value of a pr...
Soda Locomotives
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 29, 2019
An interesting type of locomotive engine that found very brief and limited use in Europe, as well as in America, was the soda locomotive. ...
The Submarine Sunk By Her Own Torpedo
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2019
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Tang off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, December 1943. Photo credit: U.S. Navy Throughout the Second W...
The Crinkle-Crankle Walls of Suffolk
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 28, 2019
A crinkle-crankle wall is an unusual type of garden wall found in the East Anglia region of east England, but popular mostly in the county...
Reindeer’s Eyes Change Color With Seasons
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2019
All animals, including humans, can adapt their eyes to the changing level of light. In dark conditions, muscles in the irises contract to di...
The White Volcanoes of Harrat Khaybar
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 25, 2019
Of the millions of pilgrims that visit the holy city of Medina, in Saudi Arabia, every year to pray in the Prophet’s Mosque, few people are ...
