The Marshall Islands
Located between Hawaii and Guam in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is one of the smallest countries in the world: The Marshall Islands. The Marshall Islands has a history unlike many other small isla...
3 Aug 202213min
The Strait of Malacca
As you probably know, the Earth consists of 70% water and 30% land. However, all those bits of water and land are not the same. Some of them hold great strategic importance because they serve as chok...
2 Aug 202211min
The Sinking of the Bismarck
Entering the second world war, Britain was still the top naval power in the world. While the British Navy was superior in its entirety, Nazi Germany had created a ship that terrified the British. On...
1 Aug 202214min
The Mandarin Class and Chinese Imperial Exams (Encore)
In the year 607, the Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty implemented a reform whereby a series of exams would be administered throughout the empire to create a bureaucratic elite that would administer the...
31 Juli 202211min
The Cannonball Run
In 1914, Erwin “Cannon Ball” Baker crossed the United States on a motorcycle in 11 and a half days. Fifty-seven years later, a writer and editor for Car and Driver magazine set out to honor his trip ...
30 Juli 202215min
The Planet Saturn
Ancient astronomers from almost every culture knew of seven things in the sky that moved. the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Jupiter. The seventh and slowest moving of those was the one name...
29 Juli 202212min
Why Didn't Canada Join the American Revolution?
The United States and Canada are like two siblings. They live next to each other, have the same parents, and are a lot alike. However, the way they both grew up was very different. The United States ...
28 Juli 202212min
The Gettysburg Address
From July 1 through the 3rd, 1863, the largest battle in the history of the Western Hemisphere took place in southern Pennsylvania. After the battle, tens of thousands of dead were laid to rest, and ...
27 Juli 202211min
