Episodes
April 24, 2024
Operation Eagle Claw
Operation Eagle Claw was a failed by the ordered by to attempt the rescue of at the on 24 April 1980. The operation, one of 's first, encountered many obstacles and failures and was subsequently aborted....
April 17, 2024
Battle of Red Cliffs
The Battle of Red Cliffs, also known as the Battle of Chibi, was a decisive naval battle in the winter of AD 208–209 at the , about twelve years prior to the beginning of the period in . The battle was fought...
April 10, 2024
Gamergate
Gamergate or GamerGate (GG) was a loosely organized campaign and a backlash against , diversity, and in . It was conducted using the "#Gamergate" primarily in 2014 and...
April 3, 2024
Animals on Trial
In , an animal trial was the of a . Such trials are recorded as having taken place in from the thirteenth century until the eighteenth. In modern times, it is considered in most criminal justice systems...
April 1, 2024
Odd Screw Lengths
At a minimum, a drive is a set of shaped cavities and protrusions on the screw head that allows to be applied to it. Usually, it also involves a mating , such as a , that is used to turn it. Some of the less-common...
March 27, 2024
American Gladiators
American Gladiators is an American that aired weekly in from September 1989 to May 1996. The series matched a cast of amateur against each other, as well as against the show's own "gladiators", in contests...
March 20, 2024
Lola Montez
Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld (17 February 1821 – 17 January 1861), better known by the stage name Lola Montez (), was an dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, , and of...
March 13, 2024
Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company (: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie , abbreviated as VOC, Dutch: ) and commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a and the first in the world. Established on 20 March 1602 by the a…
March 6, 2024
Horace Greeley
Horace Greeley (February 3, 1811 – November 29, 1872) was an American newspaper editor and publisher who was the founder and of the . Long active in politics, he served briefly as a congressman from New York and was the...
Feb. 28, 2024
Seaworld
SeaWorld is an American chain with headquarters in . It is a proprietor of , , , and rehabilitation centers owned by (one park will be owned and operated by Miral under a license). The parks...
Feb. 21, 2024
The Edgewood Experiments
From 1948 to 1975, the conducted at the facility in . The purpose was to evaluate the impact of low-dose agents on and to test , , and . A small portion of these studies...
Feb. 14, 2024
Al Capone
Alphonse Gabriel Capone (; January 17, 1899 – January 25, 1947), sometimes known by the nicknames "Scarface" and "Snorky", was an American and businessman who attained notoriety during the as the co-founder and...
Feb. 7, 2024
1769 Transit of Venus
A transit of Venus across the takes place when the passes directly between the Sun and a , becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the . During a , Venus can be seen...
Jan. 31, 2024
Isabella of France
Isabella of France (: Louve de France), was as the wife of King , and de facto of England from 1327 until 1330. She was the youngest surviving child and only surviving daughter of and ....
Jan. 24, 2024
Celestial Seasonings and Other Culty Companies
Celestial Seasonings Mo Siegel, Peggy Clute, Wyck Hay, and Lucinda Ziesing started gathering and flowers in the mountains around Boulder and selling them to local in 1969.
Jan. 17, 2024
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά Φιλοπάτωρ lit. Cleopatra "father-loving goddess"; 70/69 BC – 10 August 30 BC) was Queen of the of from 51 to 30 BC, and its last active ruler. A member of the , she was...
Jan. 10, 2024
Julius Cesar
Gaius Julius Caesar (, ; Latin: ; 12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a general and statesman. A member of the , Caesar led the Roman armies in the before defeating his political...
Jan. 3, 2024
The Amish
The Amish (; : Amisch; German: Amische), formally the Old Order Amish, are a group of traditionalist with and origins. They are closely related to churches, a...
Dec. 27, 2023
Poisoned Booze
Several stories including: In 1927, most of the industrial alcohol in the United States had been poisoned under the order of the government. The government had created a blend that contended with the bootleggers’ chemists.
Dec. 20, 2023
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 by American writer . Set in the on , near New York City, the novel depicts narrator 's interactions with mysterious millionaire and Gatsby's obsession to...
Dec. 13, 2023
The Terra Nova Expedition,
The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain , the expedition had various scientific and geographical objectives. Scott …
Dec. 6, 2023
Large Hadron Collider
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is the world's largest and highest-energy . It was built by the (CERN) between 1998 and 2008 in collaboration with over 10,000 scientists and hundreds of universities and laboratories...
Nov. 22, 2023
Howard Hughes
Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, businessman, filmmaker, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. He was best known during his lifetime as one of the most influenti…