On this day the the circus elephant Topsy was killed by electrocution. The elephant belonged to Forepaugh Circus and was considered too violent, so it was decided to put...
On this day in 1571, the renowned scientist Johannes Kepler was born. He was a contemporary of Galileo Galilei and William Shakespeare. He lived at the time which was par...
One of the greatest scientists of all time – Louis Pasteur – was born on this day. He was one of the founders of microbiology and modern ways of treating and preventing d...
The Cave of Swallows (Spanish: Sótano de las Golondrinas) is so deep that the New York Chrysler Building could fit inside it. The longest free fall in the world can be ac...
One of the worst natural disasters in recorded history happened on this day in 2004. It is estimated that between 230,000 and 310,000 people died from the effects of the...
The man who invented a really interesting early system of transmitting information over long distances was born in France back in 1763. He is considered the father of mod...
Colo, the first gorilla in history who was born in captivity (in a zoo) came into the world in 1956. It was a female gorilla, named Colo after the American city where she...
On this day the famous SR-71 Blackbird aircraft performed its first flight, which to this day holds the world speed record for jet aircraft. Namely, the highest speed tha...