Boy, the “magical” dog of prince Rupert of the Rhine, listed as the the first dog to serve the British Army
Landslides, earthquakes, and a murderous tsunami all caused by the Vajont Dam in Italy, one that engineers determined to make the tallest in the world
Damascus blacksmiths had made steel blades with carbon nanotubes long before they were scientifically discovered
The Sears mail order homes: One of the first lines of do-it-yourself house kits produced from 1906 to 1940
Herman Kahn: The physicist, nuclear-war strategist, and Cold War “scenario planner” who inspired Kubrick’s “Dr. Strangelove”