The Crossbow
One of the most devastating weapons in the medieval world was the crossbow. It evolved from early hand-held projectile weapons into a powerful tool of warfare that shaped battles for centuries. It ...
12 Maalis 202515min
Emperor Claudius (Encore)
Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, known to history as Claudius, was the fourth Emperor of Rome. Of the emperors that came before him and all those who came after him, he was the most unl...
11 Maalis 202513min
Messier Objects
In the 18th century, a French astronomer who was a regular comet hunter kept finding things in the sky that weren’t comets, but they also weren’t stars or planets. He created a list of these objects...
10 Maalis 202515min
Primate and Global Cities
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9 Maalis 202514min
Artificial Turf
In 1965, the world’s first full enclosed sports facility, the Houston Astrodome, was opened to the public. The Astrodome itself was a marvel of engineering, but because it was enclosed, the grass th...
8 Maalis 202516min
Hydropower
For thousands of years, humans have used the power of water to do work for them. At first, it was very simple, then it gradually evolved to more complex and more efficient devices to harness the pow...
7 Maalis 202514min
The Maginot Line (Encore)
After the First World War in France, many generals thought that the end of the war was really just a pause before another war began. They wanted to make sure that the next time war broke out with Germ...
6 Maalis 202513min
The Underground Railroad
Before the US Civil War, a group of abolitionists didn’t just sit around passively to wait for the end of slavery to arrive. They took matters into their own hands. They set up a clandestine network...
5 Maalis 202516min
