The Irish Potato Famine
In the early 1845s, farmers around Europe suffered from a blight that devastated the potato crop. This lasted for several years, but nowhere was it more pronounced than it was on the island of Irela...
10 Maj 202212min
Nine Kings, One Room
On May 20, 1910, an event occurred which never occurred before or since. Gathered for the funeral of the British King Edward VII, nine different European monarchs assembled inside Windsor Castle for...
9 Maj 202211min
Mother's Day (Encore)
Every year, on the second Sunday in May, 96 countries around the world celebrate Mother’s Day. Dozens of other countries celebrate the same thing on different days throughout the year. Mother’s Day w...
8 Maj 20228min
The Bretton Wood System
Barely a month after the Normandy Landing in 1944, the allied powers were already thinking of what the post-world would look like. One of the big issues was the creation of a monetary system that cou...
7 Maj 202212min
All About Solar Power
In 1839, a French scientist by the name of Edmond Becquerel was experimenting with an electrochemical cell when he discovered something interesting. When it was exposed to light, it produced an elect...
6 Maj 202213min
The 1919 Chicago Black Sox Scandal
In October 1919, the champions of the National League, the Cincinnati Reds, faced the champions of the American League, the Chicago White Sox in the World Series. While Cincinnati won the championsh...
5 Maj 202212min
A Star is Born
It is estimated that within the observable universe there might be as many as septillion stars. While each of them is far larger than the Earth, they all differ in terms of age, size, color, and compo...
4 Maj 202214min
A History of the End of the World
Over the centuries, there has been a host of self-proclaimed prophets, astrologers, scientists, and cranks who have predicted the end of the world. Some of them have been extremely precise in when t...
3 Maj 202213min
