Questions and Answers: Volume 35
October is here. Up here in the northern hemisphere, the leaves are changing color, the air is cooler, and suddenly, pumpkin spice is appearing in everything. Retailers are putting up Halloween deco...
1 Okt 202514min
Classical Music 101
Even if you are not a fan, you are likely familiar with classical music to some extent. You’ve heard it in movies, television commercials, and sometimes in concerts. It has been around for centuri...
30 Sep 202515min
Cannons and Artillery
Over the last several centuries, one of the weapons that has defined warfare has been artillery. It was used in the conquest of Constantinople by ships on the high seas, reached its apex during the ...
29 Sep 202516min
John Brown
In the decades prior to the outbreak of the US Civil War, abolitionists had been ratcheting up their efforts to end the institution of slavery. The battle was fought mainly through politics and pe...
28 Sep 202513min
The Law of the Sea (Encore)
The world as we know it is made up of 193 countries, Antarctica, and a host of territories.However, between all of those places are the high seas or international waters, which are not controlled by a...
27 Sep 202513min
A History of Soap and Detergent
Sometime in the last 24 hours, most of you have used soap or detergent, either directly or indirectly. Soap, like many other things, was most likely discovered by accident thousands of years ago. ...
26 Sep 202514min
King Leopold and the Congo Free State
In the late 19th century, during the scramble for Africa, King Leopold II of Belgium seized a large landmass in Central Africa. By doing this, he created the Congo Free State, but this name was a mi...
25 Sep 202515min
German POWs in America
Prisoners of war or POWs during the 20th century were a part of war. Beligerant nations had to develop systems to guard, house, and feed their prisoners, and before the war, in 1929, most countries h...
24 Sep 202514min
