Questions and Answers: Volume 16
Several centuries ago, many places celebrated the start of the new year in March, not January. March was originally the first month of the year, according to the Romans, which is why the Latin number...
2 Mar 202413min
The Battle of Cajamarca
Some of the most important battles in history, the ones that changed the course of civilizations, are often very small battles. In 1532, a battle, really just a skirmish, took place, which completely...
1 Mar 202414min
Leap Years and Leap Day
Once every 1461 days, sometimes, we have a day on the calendar that we don’t normally have. This extra day is a necessity if our calendars are kept in sync with the orbit of the Earth around the Sun,...
29 Feb 202413min
What Were The First and Second Reichs? (Encore)
When Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, he declared his new regime to be The Third Reich and that it would last 1,000 years. It turned out he was off by 988 years. The big question for many people o...
28 Feb 202411min
Stealth Technology
The history of warfare has been a history of measures and countermeasures. When the airplane was invented, RADAR was later invented as a means of advanced detection of airplanes. RADAR then spurred ...
27 Feb 202413min
Passports
Most people in the world are required to have a passport when they travel internationally. Today, there is an international regime covering how passports are to be issued and honored between countrie...
26 Feb 202415min
Cruciferous Vegetables
One of the most common food items consumed today is cruciferous vegetables. Even if you aren’t familiar with the term, you almost certainly have consumed some before, and there is a good chance you do...
25 Feb 202412min
The Tuskegee Airmen
During the Second World War, one of the most distinguished American aviation units was one that no one thought would even have existed when the war began. It was a unit of African American aviators w...
24 Feb 202416min
