The Great Emu War: Did Emus Really Beat the Australian Army?
In 1932, three soldiers took two machine guns after an estimated 20,000 emus. Why is it remembered as the war the emus won?
Why Didn’t Everyone Escape Pompeii? The Long Hours Before the End
Pompeii didn’t die in a flash. Pumice fell for about eighteen hours, and the danger kept changing. Here is why leaving was never a simple choice.
Why Don’t We Have 13 Months? The True Story of the 13-Month Calendar
Thirteen equal months, every 13th a Friday. Why Cotsworth’s plan, Kodak’s four-week accounting periods and a League of Nations inquiry never changed ours.
Why Do We Have Time Zones? Trains, Two Noons and a French Law
Noon once belonged to your own town. How railways, a family who sold the time and a day with two noons gave us time zones.
What Year Was It Before Year 1? The Monk, the Easter Table and the Missing Zero
Not zero: 1 BC. How a monk’s Easter table from about AD 525 became the year we write today, and why there is no year zero.
Why Did the Titanic Sink in Under Three Hours? The Arithmetic of Her Watertight Walls
Designed for two flooded compartments, Titanic could have floated with the first four. The iceberg opened six. Here’s why she sank in under three hours.
Why Do Some Countries Drive on the Left? The Real History Behind Your Side of the Road
Swords, a jammed London Bridge, wagons with no front seat, empires and one Swedish Sunday: how the world split into left and right.
Why Does an Hour Have 60 Minutes? The Strange History of Your Hour
Hours once stretched with the seasons, and most clocks couldn’t show a minute. How Egypt, Mesopotamia and Latin built your 60-minute hour.
Why Are There 7 Days in a Week? The Surprising History of the Seven-Day Week
No cycle in the sky sets the length of a week. Explore its two ancient roots, and the French and Soviet attempts to replace it.
Mysterious Discoveries Found Frozen In Ice
Explore mysterious discoveries frozen in ice -discover extraordinary life stories of life, death and humanity beneath ancient frozen worlds
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