The Witches of Paisley
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 24, 2022
Four years after the events in Salem in Massachusetts, the United States, that saw the execution of nineteen innocent victims charged with w...
Frantisek Kotzwara: Death by Erotic Asphyxiation
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 22, 2022
Frantisek Kotzwara was an accomplished Czech composer and a talented performer of the violin, double bass, piano, cello, flute and other str...
How Sputnik Forced American Kids to Learn ‘New Math’
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2022
The launch of Sputnik by the Soviet Union in 1957 sent the Americans into panic. Lawmakers and educators became worried that the United Stat...
The Ancient Egyptian Obelisks of Rome
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 19, 2022
When the Romans were not busy moving earth to build colossal amphitheaters and aqueducts, they were busy moving obelisks. The city of Rome h...
The Lion of Gripsholm Castle
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 18, 2022
There is much more to taxidermy then stuffing straw into the hide of a dead animal and sewing it up. It requires the taxidermist to possess ...
The Salish Wool Dog
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 17, 2022
When Spanish explorer Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra (1744-1794) was exploring the Salish Sea and its coasts in 1791, he was astonishe...
The Giant of Castelnau
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 14, 2022
Legends of giants permeate folklore of cultures around the world. The ancient Greeks had Gigantes who were born of Gaia (Earth) when blood f...
Ellen Sadler: The Sleeping Girl of Turville
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 12, 2022
The small village of Turville in Buckinghamshire, about 7 miles north of Henley-on-Thames and 35 miles west of London, is a favorite destina...
The Longest Sightlines on Earth
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 10, 2022
Last year around April, residents in the state of Punjab in northern India were astonished to see the Himalayas from the rooftop of their h...
William Huskisson, Railway's First Victim
Kaushik Patowary
Jan 7, 2022
William Huskisson was a British statesman, financier, and Member of Parliament. A leading advocate of free trade, Huskisson had been a highl...
