Before the Columbian Exchange there were no tomatoes in Italy and no paprika in Hungary
The Sphinx Observatory in the Swiss Alps is the highest man-made structure in Europe
Albert I, King of the Belgians – personally led the defense against the Germans and the Queen served as a nurse
Living Root bridges- The suspension bridges in India handmade from the aerial roots of living banyan fig trees
French Marshal Ferdinand Foch – The man who predicted WWII, but no one cared to listen
The real story behind…A boy left his bike chained to a tree when he went away to war in 1914
Time Travel – simply beautiful and touching colourised images from WWI
The Pirate Cemetery of Madagascar. Ile Sainte-Marie was the off-season home of an estimated 1,000 pirates
Corned Beef sandwich in space that nearly killed everyone: Stories we didn’t learn in history class
“Pretty Boy” Floyd’s Oklahoma Funeral will always be remembered
