Cricket for Dummies......and Americans
Cricket is the world's second most popular spectator sport, behind association football or soccer. However, it is played almost nowhere outside of former British Colonies. It is a game that can be co...
24 Okt 202214min
The Battle of Milvian Bridge
In the year 312, two claimants to the Roman imperial throne met outside the walls of Rome near a bridge that crossed the Tiber River. The subsequent battle that followed was not that different from m...
23 Okt 202214min
All About Wind Power
For thousands of years, humans have been using the power of the wind to do useful work. At first, the wind was just used for sailing ships, but eventually, the wind's power was harnessed for mundane t...
22 Okt 202214min
The Nubian Civilization and the Kingdom of Kush
Most people are familiar with the ancient Egyptian civilization, which arose along the banks of the Nile River. However, the Egyptians were not the only major civilization that existed on the Nile. ...
21 Okt 202212min
The Year Without A Summer (Encore)
In 1816, the world experienced something that it had never seen before. All over the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia, and North America, summer never came. …or at least it didn’t in any way which ...
20 Okt 202210min
Vitamins
For thousands of years, humans knew that certain foods could treat certain ailments. However, why or how the foods did this was totally unknown. It wasn’t until the early 20th century that researcher...
19 Okt 202213min
Castle Engineering 101
Centuries ago, if you were a ruler, you needed to protect yourself and your realm. You’d obviously need an army and soldiers, but you would also need some sort of defensive fortification to protect yo...
18 Okt 202214min
SETI: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
For thousands of years, humans have looked up at the night sky and wondered, “are we alone?” For the longest time, it remained nothing more than a philosophical question, but in the 20th century, some...
17 Okt 202212min
