Were The Dark Ages Really That Dark?
The term Dark Ages has been used to refer to a period in European history when culture supposedly regressed and civilization was in decline. The idea of a Dark Ages is one that was prevalent amongst ...
28 Jul 20219min
Timothy Dexter: Sometimes It's Better To Be Lucky
You’ve probably heard the stories of many titans of industry. People like John D. Rockefeller, Sam Walton, Bill Gates, and Jeff Bezos grew their companies to become large enterprises and then became f...
27 Jul 202110min
The Children of Nazis
Almost everyone has a black sheep in their family. Someone who maybe gets in trouble with the law and doesn’t follow rules. But what if you had the misfortune to be related to someone truly horrific?...
26 Jul 202110min
All About Uranium
Every element on the periodic table has a completely different story. They behave differently, they exist in different abundances, and humans have totally different uses for them. One of the most con...
25 Jul 202112min
The Last Germans to Surrender (Encore)
Wars can start with a bang but end with a whimper. Often an attack or an invasion will begin a war, but even one when one side surrenders, it can take days, weeks, or months for word of the capitulati...
24 Jul 202110min
The Modern Olympic Games
Almost 2,800 years ago the Ancient Greeks held a sporting event every four years on Mount Olympus. The festival was part competition, part religious celebration, and it was considered so important tha...
23 Jul 202112min
The 1972 World Chess Championship
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union competed in almost every arena: space, sports, and of course the military. Everything they competed in was designed to show the superiority ...
22 Jul 202111min
Barcodes
In 1949, a young inventor by the name of Norman Woodland was sitting on the beach in Florida. While drawing some lines in the sand, he had an idea that would revolutionize the world of retail and logi...
21 Jul 202114min
