Pirates wore eye patches to adjust to the contrasting light above & below deck
William Henry Ashley: The fur trader who opened up America’s West
The fascinating diversity of the Inuit belief system
Jay Gould: One of America’s most notorious robber barons
Thralls, Karls and Jarls: The Norse social class system of the Viking Age
For centuries, the ancient Baltit Fort served as residence of the Mirs of Hunza
Edward Hargraves, a failed California gold prospector from England, sparked the second largest gold rush in the world: The Victoria Gold Rush in Australia
Truth or fable – the Vinland Sagas
The 1965 Palm Sunday tornado outbreak was one of the most intense tornado outbreaks in history
Prisoners who escaped Alcatraz in 1962 could have survived
