World History Archives - Page 7 of 16

Two Humps are Better Than One: Behold the Bactrian Camel

(via Great Big Story) Meet Gemma, a Bactrian camel at the Greater Vancouver Zoo. Bactrians are the largest of all

(via Great Big Story) There’s nothing quite as quintessentially British as a cuppa tea. But how did the Chinese tradition

(via Atlas Obscura) According to a British 2017 study, drinking, especially wine, is actually on the rise—and the way a

(via The Atlantic) When the botanist Richard Deakin examined Rome’s Colosseum in the 1850s, he found 420 species of plant

(via Mental Floss) December 7, 1941 was “a date which will live in infamy.” President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proclaimed it

(via History Things) You don’t have to look much further than a piece of Medieval art to know that it

(via Amusing Planet) The story of Sir Isaac Newton and the falling apple is one of the most famous anecdotes

(via Atlas Obscura) Children have long been urged to eat carrots in order to improve their vision. But a carrot-filled

(via 1st Move) Shipping makes the world go round. Literally. Every day, thousands of containers are loaded on to enormous

(via Atlas Obscura) Although the Inca Empire has long since vanished, Peru’s Cusco Region is saturated with archaeological and historical

(via Amusing Planet) Spread over nearly 900 square miles in the high desert of eastern Idaho, lies the vast campus

(via Discover) This year is the 48th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the first time humans walked on