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Saqqara Bird – Ancient Egyptian Flying Machine

The Saqqara Bird is a small wooden replica of an actual ancient Egyptian flying machine. The Saqqara Bird was excavated in 1898 from a tomb of Pa-di-lmen in Sappho...

Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis)

Family: Black Bittern (Ixobrychus flavicollis) is a member of the family Ardeidae in the genus Ixobrychus. Identification: The male...

Make Your Own Butterfly Garden

One of the most popular ways of assisting with butterfly conservation is by planting suitable food plants in...

Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus)

Chirruping Wedgebill (Psophodes cristatus) is named for its short, tapered, finch-like bills. This is the most communal of the...

White-tailed Black-Cockatoo

White-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris) is a large, seemingly slow-flying cockatoo that was recognized and described only recently, and...

The First Ever Airmail Must Get Through?

The success of the airplane led quickly to the introduction of airmail. The United States was in the vanguard, and on February 17, 1911,...

The World Takes Wing – The Adventure of Flight

The World Takes Wing – The Adventure of Flight? The first intrepid aviators who lifted off in heavier-than-air machines were all too aware of...

Gerhard Domagk – Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine and Physiology

The award to the German doctor Gerhard Domagk for the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology was announced in 1939. That is for his...

RUFF – The Brown Dog Riots of 1907

How are you feeling about “Ruff” The Brown Dog Riots of 1907? Sometimes experimenting with animals generates some strong feelings. And results in the...

Mowrer Edgar Ansel – Pulitzer Prize-Winning Journalist

Mowrer Edgar Ansel is regarded as the dean of American foreign correspondents. Mowrer was an author, journalist, and lecturer. He was an outspoken proponent...

ARGY-BARGY – Argentine’s Falklands War of 1982

It is very interesting to know the history of the Falklands War of 1982. Why did the Falklands war start? In 1983 a government...

Mstislav Keldysh – Distinguished Physicist and Mathematician

Mstislav Keldysh was the elected president of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences on May 19, 1961. Professor Mstislav Keldysh is a distinguished physicist and...

The Lost Treasure of Kelly’s Canyon

The Lost Treasure of Kelly's Canyon  - Perhaps the most popular lost treasure in the whole of Eastern Idaho at least in terms of...

Ted Bundy – The Worst Serial Killer in American History

Ted Bundy was a handsome, elegant, romantic, and tender man who was defined by his friends, but actually, he was the worst serial killer...

Ted Bundy – Notorious Serial Killer in American History

Ted Bundy was an American serial killer who committed acts of murder, kidnapping, rape, and necrophilia against many young women and girls during the...