The History of Postal Delivery
Since humans began to adopt writing systems, they also created systems for passing along written messages. For thousands of years, it would have been possible to get messages to distant parts of what...
31 Aug 202212min
Was King Arthur Real?
King Arthur is one of the most popular and widely known characters in literary history around the world. Tales have been told about him for at least 1,000 years. However, many people have wondered if...
30 Aug 202211min
The Artemis Program
On December 14, 1972, the last human beings left the moon's surface. In the half-century that has passed, we have never returned. After many setbacks and delays, NASA is again ready to return to the ...
29 Aug 202210min
The Congo River
Located in the heart of the African continent is one of the world’s largest rivers: the Congo. The Congo basin covers much of Central Africa, winds through some of the world’s largest rainforests, an...
28 Aug 20229min
The Louvre: The World’s Greatest Museum (Encore)
Located in the heart of Paris, along the banks of the River Seine, lies the Louvre. It has over 750,000 square feet of gallery space, over 615,000 items in its collection, and in a non-pandemic year,...
27 Aug 202211min
The Schlieffen Plan (Encore)
When the Austro-Hungarian Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated, a chain reaction resulted in the First World War. The war was fully anticipated, and one of the belligerent countries, Germany, ha...
26 Aug 202210min
What Ever Happened to Amelia Earhart? (Encore)
Amelia Earheart was a pioneer in the early days of aviation. She became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic. She was the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California. In 1937, she se...
25 Aug 202210min
Where Did Mathematical Symbols Come From? (Encore)
One of the simplest mathematical statements possible is 2+2=4. While the concept is very easy to understand, when you write it down, you have to use mathematical symbols, historically a relatively rec...
24 Aug 202211min
