Hua Tuo And The Mysterious Mafeisan
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 30, 2025
During the late Eastern Han dynasty, a brilliant Chinese physician named Hua Tuo —renowned for his pioneering medical techniques, surgical s...
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St. Elizabeth's Flood of 1421
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 21, 2025
On the night of November 18–19, 1421, a powerful storm surge from the North Sea broke through poorly maintained dikes in the County of Holla...
Henry Gunther: The Last Soldier To Be Killed During World War 1
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 15, 2025
Just after 5 o’clock on the morning of 11 November 1918, British, French, and German officials gathered in a railway carriage in the Compièg...
IctÃneo II: The World’s First Powered Submarine That Ran On Chemicals
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 9, 2025
Before the age of steam, all early submarines relied on human muscle for propulsion. The first functional submarine, built by Dutch inventor...
Pecunia Non Olet: The Urine Tax of Ancient Rome
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 7, 2025
A Roman-era latrine in Timgad in Algeria . Credit: Wikimedia Commons Throughout history, governments have found creative ways to raise...
Abraham Crijnssen: The Ship That Disguised Itself As An Island
Kaushik Patowary
Jul 3, 2025
Camouflage is a vital strategy in warfare—whether on land, at sea, or in the air. During the First and Second World Wars, many Allied ships—...
Robert Coates: The Greatest Bad Actor
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 30, 2025
In the glittering world of 19th-century theatre, where talent was prized and ridicule could end a career, one man defied convention and beca...
The Iron Hand of Götz von Berlichingen
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 25, 2025
Gottfried "Götz" von Berlichingen was no ordinary knight. A formidable figure in 16th-century Germany, he earned both fame and in...
The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 16, 2025
In the late 19th century, a rare and highly unusual neuropsychiatric condition was observed among a group of French-Canadian lumberjacks li...
Salomon Andrée's Ill-Fated Arctic Balloon Expedition
Kaushik Patowary
Jun 9, 2025
By the late 19th century, the North Pole remained one of the last great geographic mysteries. The quest to reach the inhospitable and danger...