The Empire State Building
Prior to the 1929 stock market crash, a race was on to build the tallest building in the world in New York City. Of all the proposed buildings, one pushed through the depression and took the title o...
6 Jun 202213min
Why The Map In Your Head Is Wrong
All of us have some sort of mental map inside our heads for how the world is laid out. North America is north of South America. Europe is west of Asia. et Cetra. However, even the greatest geography...
5 Jun 202210min
Terra Nullius
Imagine you want to start a brand new country. Only, you don’t want to go through the messy process of starting a revolution or a civil war in a currently existing country. You want to find an empty...
4 Jun 202214min
The Cult of Pythagoras
He was one of the greatest thinkers of the ancient world. He was a philosopher, a mathematician, and had some unique views on diet and religion. You probably know him best for the theorem which bear...
3 Jun 202213min
The Wallace Line
Charles Darwin is often credited with the discovery of the theory of natural selection. This is partially true, but it isn’t totally true. He didn’t do this alone. In particular, there was someone e...
2 Jun 202211min
Yes, We have No Bananas
In the late 19th century, bananas, a fruit that had been popular for thousands of years suddenly became a mass-market sensation. However, just a few decades after it was popularized, the industry had...
1 Jun 202213min
Jupiter: The Biggest Planet in the Solar System
Ever since humans looked up at the night sky and noticed that some of the points of light moved, they have been aware of the planet Jupiter. However, it was the invention of the telescope that let u...
31 Mai 202211min
NATO: The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
On April 4, 1949, representatives of 11 North American and European countries assembled in Washington DC to sign a treaty of mutual defense. That treaty, and the organization which it spawned, has se...
30 Mai 202212min
