The 1914 Christmas Truce
Such was the carnage of The Great War that it was thought it would put an end to war for …
Category Archives: Fun Historical Facts
A Christmas Feud
Christmas is a time when friends and relatives gather around the table to celebrate love, joy, and all things good. …
Flying Aircraft Carriers. For Real
As Popular Mechanics reports, the US Department of Defense wants the ability to launch and recover small drones from C-130 …
Who Will Rid Me of This Troublesome Patriarch?
A couple of centuries before King Henry II uttered the infamous words, “will no one rid me of this meddlesome …
An Executioner’s Tale
While browsing Quora, I came across the fascinating tale of a family of executioners in the Late Medieval era. I …
Happy Thanksgiving
Even though Greece doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving, I went to an American school so the family and I sort of do …
What Were Stone Age Clothes Made of?
Many fantasy books mention clothes. These are usually made of wool or linen. If there’s an “Asian” civilization nearby, perhaps …
The Cossack Sorcerers
Almost everyone knows about Japanese Ninjas and Chinese Shaolin monks. How about the secretive and magical Warrior Society of Ukraine, …
The Real Tower of Babel
“Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. As people moved eastward, they found a plain in …
How Tolkien’s War Experience Shaped His Work
In my last post, I described how Winnie the Pooh may be seen as Milne’s attempt to describe his PTSD …
Nicholas C. Rossis 