The Pan-American Highway
At the 1923 Pan-American Conference, a proposal was presented to link together all of the countries of the Western Hemisphere. A single road that would run from the shore of the Arctic Ocean all the w...
17 Aug 202213min
The Origin of Playing Cards
Sitting in most homes is a deck of playing cards. Cards and card games have become almost ubiquitous They are played by children and in retirement homes. They are played at family picnics, and there a...
16 Aug 202214min
The History of NASA
In 1958 the United States government created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA. NASA has achieved some of the most incredible accomplishments in human history and also has suff...
15 Aug 202214min
Formula 1
As soon as automobiles were created, people began racing them. As with many sports, early were often unorganized and disjointed. After world war II, however, an effort was made to provide an organize...
14 Aug 202216min
Innumeracy
Over the last several centuries, there has been a concerted effort to raise literacy rates around the world. For the most part, although there is still work to be done, we’ve done a pretty good job. T...
13 Aug 202214min
Lithium
With an atomic number of three, Lithium is the third lightest element and the lightest solid at room temperature and pressure. For almost two centuries after its discovery, Lithium didn’t have much i...
12 Aug 202213min
The Siege of Masada
Around the year 36 BC, the King of Judea, Herod the Great, built a fortress in the Judean desert overlooking the Dead Sea. Almost 100 years later, that fortress became the scene for what was one of th...
11 Aug 202212min
The Gunfight at the OK Corral
On October 26, 1881, one of the most defining moments in the history of the American west took place. That shootout between nine men defined the popular perception of what the old west was about, eve...
10 Aug 202212min
