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Nikola Tesla was a revolutionary when we’re talking about energy and electricity, perhaps the most outstanding scientist of his time and maybe even of all time. In our daily lives, we need energy all day. We basically can’t live without it. Nowadays, it’s getting more challenging to bring affordable energy and electricity to keep us […]
Medieval England is one of the periods in history that interests me greatly. The mighty kings, valiant knights, and mystical tales. There were also many battles and wars during that time that have not really stayed with us. No country in Europe has a more interesting history than England. From the Nordic invasions to tales […]
Portugal’s first real serial killer, something to be proud of? I don’t know. This guy definitely made some history. Diogo Alves was a serial killer and robber who was born in Spain and raised in Portugal. Between 1836 and 1840, he was responsible for the deaths of seventy persons. He lived and committed those crimes […]
In September 1957, residents noticed a strange yet spectacular colorful display in the sky that appeared to be just a weird form of the northern light. But it wasn’t anything harmless as it carried literal death with it after a nuclear disaster happened in the southwest of the Soviet Union. After the Chernobyl catastrophe, this […]
The 14-kilometer-wide Chicxulub asteroid responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs caused a gigantic global tsunami, much larger than what we know from modern history. The meteor that killed all dinosaurs 65 million years ago caused a one-and-a-half-mile tsunami when it hit the Gulf of Mexico. The First Moments After Impact To make accurate estimates […]
This crime story starts on the day that a 14-year old girl told local officers that she was being haunted by the ghost of a lady — first, they didn’t believe her, but later they found out the story behind this terrible happening. This became known as the Hello Kitty Murders. The Tortured and Raped Prostitute Fan […]
Maybe you remember Jennifer Pan, and it’s the girl who hired a hitman to kill her father and mother in 2010. Jennifer was the daughter of a Vietnamese immigrant couple that moved to Canada. She almost planned this murder perfectly. But the thing she didn’t expect and that ruined she planned that her father survived […]
The Italian explorer Christopher Columbus was seen as the discoverer of America in 1492. However, he himself never knew that it was not India where he arrived, and on this day in 1498, he took off for his third voyage to explore the world. He made his name through his discovery of America under the […]
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh was married to Elizabeth II for more than 70 years. In April of last year, he died after having an eventful life. Despite being in the spotlight for years, there are still many things we don’t know about him. In this article, we’ll take a look at 6 things you […]
Do you remember all the Europeans making a mess of theories about the universe in the dark ages? Well, not in India. While we were teaching our children that we lived on a flat earth that’s the center of the universe, the Ancient Indians were discovering setting the fundamentals for modern astronomy. Around 2500 years […]
