Stories

In 1916, Vermont inventor Albert Bacon Pratt patented a device unlike anything seen before: a helmet with an integrated firearm.

Sarah Biffin was born on 25 October 1784 in East Quantoxhead, Somerset, with phocomelia, leaving her without arms and with undeveloped legs.

In the heart of Pyongyang, North Korea, stands the Ryugyong Hotel, a 330-meter (1,080-foot) pyramid-shaped skyscraper dominating the city’s skyline.

On November 19, 1961, 23-year-old Michael Rockefeller, son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, disappeared off the southern coast of New Guinea.

High in India’s Uttarakhand Himalayas, at an altitude of 5,020 meters, lies Roopkund, also called Skeleton Lake.

In the spring of 1997, a Bengal tigress named Machali, code-named T-16, was born in Ranthambore National Park, India.

On December 11, 1998, NASA launched the Mars Climate Orbiter, a 638 kg robotic probe designed to study the Martian climate and act as a communications relay for the Mars Polar Lander.

On the night of March 20, 1974, one of the most dramatic incidents in modern British royal history unfolded.

In the midst of World War II, Soviet engineers attempted something extraordinary: turning a light tank into a glider capable of landing directly on the battlefield.

By the 17th century, Paris faced a growing crisis beneath its bustling streets. Cemeteries were overflowing, leaving corpses exposed and creating unbearable odors across entire neighborhoods.