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November 29, 2021Uncategorized

Operation Paul Bunyan: The Most Expensive Tree Trimming in History

In 1976, a skirmish at the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea led to the brutal murders of two Americans. The skirmish began over the trimming of a tree. […]
November 22, 2021Uncategorized

Jailing Political Opponents: Abraham Lincoln and Habeas Corpus

Abraham Lincoln is known as “The Great Emancipator.” But not many people know that during the Civil War, he jailed as many as 2,000 political opponents without charges or trial. […]
November 15, 2021Uncategorized

Genghis Khan’s Bizarre Burial: Hidden Graves

There’s an ancient legend that Mongolian Ruler Genghis Khan desired that no one ever know the location of his grave, so he sent an army of men to murder anyone […]
November 8, 2021Uncategorized

Critical Face Theory: Facebook and Facial Recognition

Since 2010, the popular social media platform Facebook has been compiling facial recognition data on its users in one of the most-advanced and largest data set of the technology in […]
November 1, 2021Uncategorized

The Worst Video Game in History: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial

In 1982, Atari released a video game to cash in on the popularity of the movie E.T. The game for Atari 2600 was rushed to production and has been panned […]
October 25, 2021Uncategorized

Tell-Tale Shark: Jimmy Smith’s Arm

This week’s episode is a true crime tale – a shark spits up a human arm in a Sidney aquarium and it leads to one of Australia’s most notorious – […]
October 18, 2021Uncategorized

A Titanic Hero at Dunkirk: Charles Lightoller

Charles Lightoller was the Second Officer on board the ill-fated maiden voyage of the H.M.S. Titanic. Only saved by an exploding boiler, he went on to a notable life and […]
October 11, 2021Uncategorized

The Anti-Mask Controversy: It’s Not New

“Anti-Mask” rants have taken over school board meetings, city council meetings, airplanes and stores throughout America. But did people act like this during the Flu Pandemic of 1918? In this […]
October 4, 2021Uncategorized

The Cobra Effect: Unintended Consequences in British India

The Cobra Effect is a story of unintended consequences. In British-controlled India, the government tried to offer an incentive to help curb the rampant deadly cobra problem. Their solution backfired. […]
September 27, 2021Uncategorized

The Confederados: The Confederate Flag Flies in Brazil

After the U.S. Civil War, somewhere between 8,000-20,000 Confederates fled to Brazil where they established their own colony. Even today, you’ll see the Confederate Flag flying there as they celebrate […]