There are about 20 different varieties of the southern viscacha. For comparison, the northern viscacha’s tail is either reddish-brown or black, whereas the southern viscacha’s tip is black. The back ...

John Middleton, known as the "Childe of Hale," was a giant from Hale, Lancashire, who lived in the 17th century and was over 9 feet tall. His landlord, Sir Gilbert Ireland, accompanied him to the ...

The Mormon Church was officially organized in 1830 and Halloween in its modern form has been celebrated in the United States around the same time since the 19th century. Old Halloween postcard.

Learn about the invention and history of gears from ancient times to the present and how gears have developed through time. Gears are mechanical devices made up of disks with teeth (“cogwheels”) that ...

A typical spadone weighed 5.7 lbs (2.6 kg) and had a length of up to 79 inches (200 cm). Spadone was used between the 15th and 17th centuries, most notably in the Swabian War (1499), Italian Wars ...

From music albums to TV shows, Amarok's influence is seen worldwide. Inuit village, 1865, Frobisher Bay, Nunavut, Canada. In Inuit culture, the word “amarok” means “wolf” or “wolf spirit.” It ...

Since a rohatyn was meant to cause a broad and deep wound, it was only used on big and potentially dangerous animals such as bears, aurochs, and wild boars. Since a rohatyn was meant to cause a broad ...

Feodor spent his time performing with a touring circus all around the globe (including in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States, where he met President Theodore Roosevelt). In 1906, ...

According to Suetonius, Julius Caesar was taller than the average Roman, which puts his height between 1.71 and 1.76 meters, or 5'7.3" and 5'9.3". According to Suetonius, Julius Caesar was taller than ...