What is the Voynich manuscript? It is a 200 page, vellum codex, with hand drawn pictures. It is written in a language that no one knows or can read. The Voynich manuscript is named after a Polish bookseller called Wilfred Voynich, who bought it in 1912. Today, the book is owned by Yale University and […]
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What happened on the Bounty? A mutiny on the HMS Bounty was led by a sailor called Fletcher Christian. The captain and his loyal crew were set adrift in the ship’s launch. The HMS Bounty was a British merchant ship. It had been built in 1784 and entered service for the Royal Navy in 1787.
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How many tunnels did the Vietnamese dig? During the Vietnamese War, the North Vietnamese forces managed to dig a 400 km tunnel system that they used to hide and to attack the South Vietnamese and Americans. Tunnels have often been used as a tool of war. They weren’t often used in ancient battles, because it
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Who was Tutankhamun? Tutankhamun was an Egyptian pharaoh who lived from 1341 BC until 1323 BC. He was only 19 years old when he died. He was pharaoh for nine years, from 1332 BC until he died in 1323 BC. He is probably the most well known of all the Egyptian pharaohs because of his
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What happened at Dunkirk? 338,226 British and French soldiers were evacuated from the beach at Dunkirk over the space of 8 days. That was far better than anyone in the British government expected, but about 20,000 soldiers died and 90,000 were captured by the Germans. Along with that, 300 ships were sunk, 100 planes were
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Why was there a tulip bubble? There was a tulip bubble in Holland and across Europe in the 16th century because tulips were rare and because people didn’t want to lose out on an opportunity to make money. The tulip bubble, also called tulipmania, is a good showcase for human nature. It shows how people
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Why were there so many revolutions in 1848? There are a number of factors why there were so many revolutions in 1848, from economics to climate. Starting in 1848 and going through to 1849, there were revolutions in over 50 different countries and principalities. These were mostly in Europe, but countries in South America were
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Who was first to the North and South Poles? The first person to reach both the North and South Poles was Roald Amundsen. Although, he didn’t reach the North Pole by foot. The first person to reach the North Pole by foot was Wally Herbert. Let’s look at the North Pole first. There are two
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What was operation Paul Bunyan? Operation Paul Bunyan was an operation by American forces in 1976 to cut down a poplar tree in the Korean Demilitarized Zone in retaliation for the killing of two United Nations Command officers by North Korean soldiers. The operation was named after Paul Bunyan who was an American legend. He
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What was the Green Book? The Green Book was a list of places that would serve African Americans when they travelled around the USA between the 1930s and the 1960s. It was written by Victor Hugo Green, so he named it the Green Book after himself. The full name of the book was “The Negro
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