The Great Frost of 1709, also known as the Big Freeze, was a severe and prolonged cold wave that occurred in Europe during the winter of 1708-1709. It resulted in extreme cold temperatures and had ...

The Reign of Terror, The bloody chapter of the French Revolution, led by Robespierre and the Jacobins, was an extremely violent time in the French Revolution. All those who opposed the current ...

The future of humanity lies in vertical cities instead of horizontal ones. The Dubai City Tower is an architectural marvel that breaks all the rules. The original plan for the Dubai City Tower called ...

The sea monks were seen as a prodigy, testifying to the singular symmetry of the world, whereby everything terrestrial has an equivalent in the sea. Drawing of a sea monk collected by Felix Platter, ...

Viscachas rely on their thick fur to endure low oxygen levels and cold temperatures. The first viscacha was described in 1817 by the French zoologist Anselme Desmarest as the Lagostomus maximus, which ...

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 ...

The Waheela is said to resemble a giant wolf in appearance. The reality of the Waheela, a big wolf said to inhabit the tundra of northern Canada and Alaska, has not been established. The Waheela is ...

A tremendous existential fear, resulting from the enormous insensitivity and absurdity inherent in the world, was reflected in Eduard's work. Both Eduard and his brother Hans Albert Einstein were ...

It's unclear how anything on this list can be taken seriously at all. The newspaper referred to the hypothetical ninth planet on the edge of the Solar System. Scientists suggest the possibility of its ...

It's different from other ivy plants because it keeps its leaves even in the winter, which is why it's called "winter ivy." As for its Japanese names, “kizuta” comes from the fact that it’s a sturdy, ...

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.