The Great London Fire of 1666
From September 2 to September 5, 1666, one of the largest urban fires in history took place. The Great Fire of London swept mercilessly through the city, reducing roughly 80% of its buildings to smo...
19 Jan 13min
The Grateful Dead
One of the most popular music groups over the last half-century is also one of the most unlikely. They were seldom played on the radio, they almost never appeared on network television, and they on...
18 Jan 14min
The Tokyo Trials
Following the conclusion of World War II, decisions needed to be made about how to handle the defeated Axis Powers. Due to the vast scale of atrocities committed, it was not feasible to punish everyo...
17 Jan 15min
Insanely Ridiculously Absurdly Large Numbers
One of the first mathematical concepts that most of us grasp when we are children is that there is no such thing as the biggest number. No matter what number you pick, you can always add one to it.You...
16 Jan 16min
The House of Wisdom
The Abbasid Caliphate stood as a vibrant center of commerce, technology, and learning from the 8th to the 13th centuries. At the heart of this Islamic dynasty was the House of Wisdom. It was an ext...
15 Jan 15min
Moldova
Sandwiched between Romania and Ukraine is the nation of Moldova. As with many landlocked countries in Central and Eastern Europe, it has a long history as a crossroads for armies and people. In addi...
14 Jan 16min
Leninism vs Maoism
Communism is an ideology that millions of people had to live under during the 20th century. Despite the communist label many nations adhered to, there were often vast differences in how they practic...
13 Jan 14min
The Honey Hunters of the Sundarbans
The Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove forest and a UNESCO World Heritage site spanning the border of India and Bangladesh. This landscape is home to nearly ten million people who live along...
12 Jan 14min
