Johann Bessler’s Mysterious Rotating Wheel
Kaushik Patowary
May 26, 2025
For centuries, inventors have sought to create machines that could run forever without any external source of energy. These so-called “perpe...
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Bachem Ba 349 Natter: Germany’s Strangest Aircraft From World War 2
Kaushik Patowary
Feb 7, 2025
World War II led to the creation of some truly bizarre and unconventional aircraft as nations scrambled to gain a technological edge. Among ...
The Submarine That Gave Its Crew A Mysterious Sickness
Kaushik Patowary
Nov 25, 2024
In 1863, German-American inventor and engineer Julius Hermann Kroehl founded the Pacific Pearl Company with the goal of profiting from pearl...
Enemies Making Deal: The First World War Glass–Rubber Exchange
Kaushik Patowary
Oct 24, 2024
In the midst of war, when nations are locked in bitter conflict, cooperation seems unimaginable. Yet, history offers surprising instances wh...
Paris Gun: World War One’s Greatest Weapon
Kaushik Patowary
Sep 11, 2024
At quarter past seven on the morning of March 23, 1918, the people of Paris were jolted by a powerful explosion near the Quai de la Seine. F...
Brandtaucher: World’s Oldest Surviving Submarine
Kaushik Patowary
May 28, 2024
At the German Armed Forces Museum of Military History in Dresden, there is a big fat iron submarine on display. Built in 1850, this pioneeri...
The Nail Men of World War 1
Kaushik Patowary
May 8, 2024
On March 6, 1915, a large crowd gathered at Schwarzenbergplatz in Vienna for the unveiling of a new monument—a wooden depiction of a medieva...
5 Times Weather Played Foul For An Invading Army
Kaushik Patowary
Apr 1, 2024
Throughout history, weather has played a significant role in military campaigns, sometimes altering its course and reshaping the destiny of ...
Karl von Drais And The Laufmaschine
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 21, 2024
In April 1815, Mount Tambora on the island of Sumbawa in present-day Indonesia, erupted with a violence never seen before in recorded histor...
Watch 1505: The World's First Watch
Kaushik Patowary
Mar 19, 2024
In 1987, during a school trip to London, a watchmaker apprentice stumbled upon a rare find at an antique flea market. Concealed within a box...
