The body of Alfred Wegener, the founder of the theory of continental drift, remains buried under the Greenland snow
In 1672, an angry mob of Dutchmen butchered and ate their prime minister
Umberto Eco wrote his first novel, “The Name of the Rose” at the age of 48, after he had been invited to write a short detective story
The Horo – Samurai wore these Inflatable Cloaks that Protected them from Arrows
“One Riot, One Ranger” – The Texas Rangers of the Old West is the oldest state law enforcement agency in North America
René Caillié: the first European explorer who returned alive from the town of Timbuktu
Ollantaytambo: The royal estate of Emperor Pachacuti in the Sacred Valley of the Incas
E.T. Compton – The mountain painter who made at least 27 first ascents
The event which coined the word ‘genocide’: The Ottoman massacre of the Armenians
News of D-Day: an electronic sign on Times Square provided the latest news of the invasion
