Zombies (Encore)
One of the most popular forms of fiction today involves zombies. There are TV shows, movies, and books that all envision life during a zombie apocalypse. Zombie stories are a relatively new form of ...
29 Okt 202514min
Black Tuesday and the 1929 Stock Market Crash (Encore)
On October 28, 1929, a day known as Black Monday, the New York Stock Exchange suffered its greatest one-day loss in history. The next day, known as Black Tuesday, the market dropped even further, re...
28 Okt 202516min
Challenger Deep and the Mariana Trench
Located in an arch sweeping to the east and south of the Marina Islands and Guam is the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench. Running over 2,500 kilometers or 1,200 miles, the very deepest ...
27 Okt 202515min
The Shroud of Turin
In the 13th century, a French knight came forward and displayed what he claimed was the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Almost immediately, its authenticity was challenged by religious authorities. I...
26 Okt 202515min
The Winter War
On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland. The Soviet Union forced the Finns to sue for peace after three months of fighting, and on paper, one could conclude that the Soviets won. Ho...
25 Okt 202515min
The History of NATO
In the years following the end of the Second World War, the post-war world that many in the West hoped for never materialized. Their former ally, the Soviet Union, turned from friend to foe. They in...
24 Okt 202515min
The 1989 Romanian Revolution
In November 1989, the world changed when the Berlin Wall came down, marking the beginning of the unraveling of the Iron Curtain. Almost a month later, on December 16, 1989, Romania faced a sudden rev...
23 Okt 202514min
The Younger Dryas
Around 12,900 years ago, the last ice age was ending. Things were warming up, and the glaciers were starting to recede. …and then something happened. For about 1,200 years, the climate reversed and ...
22 Okt 202514min
