The Very Strange Life of Ida Wood
Ellen Wood was born in 1838 in England. She moved to the United States, changed her name, climbed the social ladder, and wound up an extremely wealthy woman. In 1907, she abruptly disappeared from p...
7 Syys 202212min
Ranked Choice Voting
All around the world, more jurisdictions are implementing a voting system known as ranked choice voting. Ranked choice voting is very different from voting for a single candidate. As such, many peop...
6 Syys 202210min
Wiliam Marshall: The Greatest Knight in History
The middle ages didn’t have sports like we have today, but they did have competitions. These competitions were tournaments between knights where they demonstrated their martial prowess. During this ...
5 Syys 202211min
All About Lasers
In 1917, Albert Einstein published a paper whereby he proposed a new method of creating light based on the principles of quantum physics. Over 40 years later, researchers finally put Einstein’s ideas ...
4 Syys 202212min
The Second Triumvirate
From the years 59 to 53 BC, three high-ranking Romans conspired to control the Roman political system for their own benefit. They called this system a triumvirate. A decade later, Rome found itself un...
3 Syys 202212min
The Judgement of Paris
Before 1976, the California wine industry wasn’t on anyone’s radar. Most Americans didn’t even know that wine was produced in California. Everyone in the knew, without any doubt, that the greatest wi...
2 Syys 202211min
The Zodiac
Several thousand years ago, astronomers in the Middle East studying the night sky divided it into 12 equal regions. Each region was given a name, was associated with an animal and a constellation. T...
1 Syys 202211min
The History of Postal Delivery
Since humans began to adopt writing systems, they also created systems for passing along written messages. For thousands of years, it would have been possible to get messages to distant parts of what...
31 Elo 202212min
