Camarón 1863: Captain Danjou's Wooden Hand and the Legion's Oath
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On April 30, 1863, during the French intervention in Mexico, a convoy of 60 wagons carrying sieg...
11 Okt 22min
Verdun 1916: Falkenhayn's Plan to Bleed France White, 302 Days
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On February 25, 1916, about 100 German soldiers walked into Fort Douaumont, the strongest fortre...
11 Okt 25min
Bagpipes at War: Nero's Reed Pipe, Pinkie Cleugh and the Trenches
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Nero did not fiddle while Rome burned. According to Dio Chrysostom and Suetonius, the emperor pl...
11 Okt 19min
Alvin York: The Draft Objector Who Captured 132 Germans
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On June 5, 1917, a 29-year-old from Fentress County, Tennessee, wrote on his draft card that he ...
11 Okt 25min
Hong Xiuquan: The Failed Exam Behind China's Taiping Rebellion
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1837 a poor Hakka villager from Guangdong province named Hong Huoxiu failed the Qing imperial...
11 Okt 28min
King Cobra: The Growling, Snake-Eating Giant That Isn't a Cobra
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The king cobra does not hiss. It growls, a low rumble closer to an angry dog than a reptile, pro...
10 Okt 25min
Inland Taipan: The Most Venomous Snake, Lost to Science for 90 Years
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Frederick McCoy formally described the inland taipan in 1879, and a second specimen turned up in...
10 Okt 19min
Golden Poison Frog: Earth's Most Toxic Animal Steals Its Poison
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The golden poison frog fits in the palm of a hand, weighs about an ounce, and carries enough tox...
10 Okt 23min
