In 2024, air temperatures and ocean temperatures once again reached record highs. According to climate researchers, ocean ...

Napoleon Bonaparte was a French military and political leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution. He became Emperor of the French and played a significant role in European history ...

If a doctor “treats the abscess in a nobleman’s eye but causes the loss of the eye,” he would lose his hand. A handful of Egyptian documents describe medicines made from beans, leeks, figs, dates, and ...

There is always an element of naivete when attempting to extrapolate historical events from books that date back thousands of years. Three Wise Men, Macmillan Poster, 1960. But what exactly is the ...

The public’s perception of black cats has always been negative due to their association with evil and superstition, witchcraft, and curses. In Ancient Egypt, people tended to avoid black cats.

A comet is a heavenly body formed long ago during the formation of the solar system from gases, rocks, and dust that have since frozen solid. They travel through our sky, leaving behind lengthy clouds ...

During the Seven Years’ War, which was the first world war, England, Prussia, France, Austria, and Russia fought each other. The war took place from 1756 to 1763. In the mid-18th century, strong ...

The Great Frost of 1709, also known as the Big Freeze, was a severe and prolonged cold wave that occurred in Europe during the winter of 1708-1709. It resulted in extreme cold temperatures and had ...

From the time of the Renaissance forward, these fortresses were renovated into elegant mansions complete with gardens, turrets, and other architectural flourishes. The Latin “castellum” refers to a ...

Beginning in the middle of the 12th century, the Christian kingdoms began their advance, only to run across yet another Berber dynasty in the form of the Almohads. After their loss at Las Navas de ...

On September 30th, 1938, the Munich Agreement was ratified. They didn’t stop World War II from starting, but they had major repercussions for Czechoslovakia. The Munich Agreement was signed by Germany ...