How New York Became a Commercial Power House
Clinton’s Ditch – It’s a Little Short of Madness ‘Thomas Jefferson.’
In the years following the War of Independence the United States of America began...
Eight great Hollywood Urban Legends
James Dean & Elvis
A New Zealander found himself a summer job on a rural American farm, deep in the countryside. Whilst working there he...
Ten inventors killed by their own creations
Hoisted by their own Petard. Short stories of inventors who were killed by their creations or quest for discovery.
Some of these ideas were immediately abandoned,...
Nikola Tesla – The greatest inventor in history
Inventor Nikola Tesla contributed to the development of the alternating-current electrical system that's widely used today and discovered the rotating magnetic field (the basis...
The Weekend Mystery – Will the real Paul McCartney please stand...
Did the famous ex-Beatle really die in a car crash back in 1966?
On 12 October 1969, Tom Zarski rang the ‘Uncle’ Russ Gibb’s radio...
How can somebody ‘Steal Your Thunder?’
From the Author of the Internationally Bestselling Books – Red Herrings & White Elephants, What Caesar did for My Salad, Shaggy Dogs, Pop Goes...
Imagine if ALL the planets were as close as the Moon
Photographer creates incredible pictures of what it would look like if planets were closer
An astronomical artist has created eye-opening illustrations imagining what the night...
Who was Humpty Dumpty? – Nursery rhyme history
Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall;
All the king’s horses and all the king’s men
Couldn’t put Humpty together again.
The real...
Little Jack Horner? Nursery Rhyme History & Meanings
Little Jack Horner
Sat in a corner
Eating a Christmas pie;
He put in his thumb
And pulled out a plum
And said, ‘What a good boy am I!’
Before...
