Robert Cocking’s Fatal Parachute Jump
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 28, 2024
On October 22, 1797, a sizeable crowd gathered at Parc Monceau in Paris to witness a daring spectacle. Frenchman André-Jacques Garnerin was...
How The Soviets Stole And Copied The American Sidewinder Missile
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 24, 2024
After the end of the Chinese Civil War in 1949, which saw the establishment of the People's Republic of China and the banishment of the ...
The Bizarre Death of a Keeper at The Eddystone Lighthouse
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 19, 2024
Off the coast of Cornwall, on the English Channel, about 14 km south of Rame Head, lies a group of rocks, half submerged and half exposed, k...
The Dozen Times Humans Have Tried to Communicate With Extraterrestrials
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 13, 2024
The question of whether intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe has intrigued humanity for centuries. As our technological capabil...
The Nişan Taşı of Istanbul
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 11, 2024
Scattered throughout the old neighborhoods of Istanbul, particularly in an area known as Okmeydanı , are several stone steles erected in the...
The Reclusive John Bentinck And The Welbeck Abbey
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 5, 2024
In the village of Welbeck, in the Bassetlaw District of Nottinghamshire, England, sits a large country mansion within an expansive 17,000-ac...
Brandtaucher: World’s Oldest Surviving Submarine
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2024
At the German Armed Forces Museum of Military History in Dresden, there is a big fat iron submarine on display. Built in 1850, this pioneeri...
Árbol de la Noche Victoriosa, Mexico City
Kaushik Patowary
May 21, 2024
In the Popotla neighborhood of Mexico City, there is an ancient cypress tree called Árbol de la Noche Victoriosa (Tree of the Victorious Nig...
Pyramids of Anlong County, China
Kaushik Patowary
May 20, 2024
These photographs of a mountain range in Anlong County, located in southwest China's Guizhou Province, have captivated netizens. Recentl...
The Stone Stele of Yangshan Quarry
Kaushik Patowary
May 16, 2024
In the hills outside the old capital of Nanjing in southeastern China lies the ancient stone quarry of Yangshan. Worked since the time of th...
