Rob Roy MacGregor: Some call him “the Scottish Robin Hood,” but others say he was a “criminal praised as a hero”
Bonsai tree planted in 1625 has survived Hiroshima and is still flourishing at the National Arboretum in Washington D.C.
Victorians at the beach and the bizarre device called the “Bathing Machine”
Courageous inventors who changed the world
Ferdinand Magellan was regarded as a traitor in his native Portugal
Barefoot and starved, Spartan boys underwent grueling combat training but were also punished for not answering questions briefly and wittily enough
“Oxfords not Brogues”: the origins of the leather footwear
Ida Tarbell was one of the first investigative journalists from McClure’s Magazine who exposed the corrupt business of John D. Rockefeller
Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures” used the image of the radio waves from the first recognized pulsar CP 1919
The origins of the famous Jack Russell terrier, Nipper, the canine advertising icon for many gramophone companies
