Ever encountered a cairn on a trail? Don’t you want to know why people leave them or why they’re so important? Read this article to find out. What are cairns? Cairns are interesting things you might have stumbled on when on a trail. While they’re starting to gain popularity, they follow an ancient tradition dating ...
“Friends, I shall ask you to be as quiet as possible. I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.” These are the famous words of Theodore Roosevelt a few moments after he had survived certain death after being shot ...
This is a two-part story; please go here for Part 1 This is the story of Zheng Pingru, who fought for her country, sacrificing everything in the name of loyalty and love. Before the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Zheng Pingru planned on getting married to her sweetheart, Wang Hanxun. Fate, however, had other ...
This is a two-part story; please go here for Part 2 People have passed down stories of heroes and beauties since ancient times. This is one such story. It is about two sweethearts, Wang Hanxun and Zheng Pingru. He was handsome, she was a beauty, and both were talented. Despite their plans to achieve a ...
Emperor Kangxi, named Xuan Ye, was the most legendary Emperor of the Qing Dynasty. This majestic Qing Emperor once issued a “self-crime edict” for the death of a guard. Does the following story highlight what happened? Xuan Ye came to the throne at age 8, took office at age 14, and established the territory of ...
The world-famous Wright brothers are the inventors of the modern airplane, taking the first controlled flight on December 17, 1903. However, like something out of a science fiction or fantasy novel, a wooden flying machine already existed more than 2,000 years ago in China. The craftsman Lu Ban In ancient China, there were countless mysterious ...
Florence Nightingale, a prominent British social reformer and statistician, was born on May 12, 1820. She is renowned as the creator of modern nursing and rose to fame as a nurse during the Crimean War, where she cared for wounded troops. She was given the name ‘The Lady with the Lamp’ due to her habit ...
The Washington Monument is a reminder of the power of a small community to collectively honor a great leader and of the spontaneous patriotism that a national hero can generate. The first memorial dedicated to the first President of the United States, George Washington, was built about 20 years before the more famous Washington Monument ...
Many historic castles are left to die, fading into oblivion. But the reconstruction of the Stadtschloss (Berlin Palace) at the heart of Berlin has seen it resurrect from the ashes like the proverbial phoenix. Acclaimed as the “largest cultural development in Europe,” the Berlin Palace has been renamed the Humboldt Forum Museum. The museum’s overarching ...
Alexander the Great, also known as Alexander III of Macedonia or the ruler of most extraordinary courage, was a Macedonian monarch who overthrew the Persian empire, led Macedonian soldiers to India, and laid the framework for the Hellenistic world of territorial kingdoms. Having already been the subject of incredible legends during his lifetime, he became ...
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