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A mysterious French letter written by Charles Mesner/Mesmier during the Franco-Prussian War in 1870, to be delivered by a Hot Air Balloon mail to...

Throughout the major European cultures, an oak tree has always been held in high esteem. To the Greeks, Romans, Celts, Slavs and Teutonic tribes...

3102 BC Epoch (origin) of the Kali Yuga 1129 Jerusalem re-taken by Christians in a peace treaty between Holy Roman Emperor Frederik II and Egyptian...

Clive Palmer’s dream of having replica of the Titanic set sailing in 2018 is planned to embark on its maiden voyage from Jiangsu in...

1502 Vasco DA Gama sets sail from Lisbon, Portugal on his second voyage to India. 1554 Queens of England for nine days, Lady Jane Gray...

660 BC Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu 1752 - The Pennsylvania Hospital opened as the very first hospital in America. 1809...

The death of Subash Chandra Bose is marred in controversy- not one- but numerous theories about his death- whether he survived the plane crash...

1870 - The United States Weather Bureau was authorized by Congress. The bureau is officially known as the National Weather Service (NWS). 1884 -...

1672 Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London 1743 Comet C/1743 C1 approaches within 0.0390 AUs of Earth 1855 The Devil's Footprints...

In the Oxford University’s’ Clarendon Laboratory, there is a 175 year old bell that rings without any pause because of a single battery that...