History

Shingle Beach – Armoured with Pebbles and Cobbles

When the word “Beach” comes, the first notion comes in mind is sand and water. People do not want to rest upon a thousand uneven stones. But the Shingle...

Nutmeg Mannikin (Lonchura punctulata)

The Nutmeg Mannikin (Lonchura punctulata) is a bird commonly seen along the east coast of Australia today. Among...

Dill Herb – A Hardy Plant Have a Wonderful Scent

Dill herb (Peucedanum graveolens) eliminates limitations from your life and invites miracles in its place. Dill attracts abundance,...

Pando – The One Tree Forest

The Pando or “The Trembling Giant” of one tree forest is a massive grove of quaking aspens that...

Dragon Lizard Looks Like Playing with Leaf Guitar

Aditya Permana, a professional photographer in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in recent times captured this once-in-a-lifetime photograph of a forest...

The Lost Roanoke Colony

The Lost Roanoke Colony - Roanoke Island, located just inside the Outer Banks of North Carolina's coast, was made home by Governor John White...

Maidu Tribe Facts

Maidu Tribe Facts One of the Native American words for all that is living is Maidu, pronounced MY-doo. These people inhabited the eastern tributaries of...

Ugliest Woman in the World – Mary Ann Bevan

The ugliest woman in the world may have been Mary Ann Bevan. She also demonstrated opportunism and optimism in her endeavors. As the eighth...

The Biography of Giovanni Buitoni

The head of the culinary empire comprising Buitoni pasta products and Perugina chocolates and confections is Giovanni Buitoni. He was the great-grandson of Giulia...

Battle of Chickamauga, 1863: A Key Turning Point in Civil War

The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18-20, 1863, between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of the...

River Plate Naval Battle of World War II

River Plate Naval Battle of World War II - On December 13, 1939, German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee and an Allied naval task...

The History of Kwai River Bridge

It is believed that the Kwai River Bridge was part of the meter gauge railway built for the Japanese at the time of World...

The Battle of Siege of Louisbourg

The battle of Siege of Louisbourg began on June 8, 1758, and ended on July 26, 1758. The British sieged and captured the French...

The Epic Battle of Liegnitz 1241

Liegnitz is a modern-day Poland where the Mongol Empire invaded Europe in 1236 vs. the Polish Duchies. Genghis Khan was born in Temüjin in...

The Facts of Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925

Are you a history lover? Do you know the facts about the Great Tri-State Tornado of 1925? The storm that spawned the Great Tri-State...