Our science books are full of successful inventions of Thomas Edison like electricity, phonograph and many others, but there is hardly any mention about his failures. One of his most peculiar failures was his lack of ability to find an effective way to excavate iron ore. If he had been successful in excavating iron ore, he would have been a billionaire at that time and the possibilities that would have been generated after excavation like creation of millions of jobs, and ...

We?re living in prophetic times, says a newly-revealed ancient text inscribed by Egyptian scholars shortly after the Exodus. Having survived the millennia, these texts are now part of The Kolbrin Bible. They offer uncannily accurate predictions, and several have already come to pass. Those yet to be fulfilled warn us that Muslim terrorists will soon trigger a world war that destroys the United Nations and then divides the world into bloody hegemonies. Following that, anoth...

Ask just about anyone what they know about Maryland and you should not be surprised to get a blank stare in return. At most, you might find some rather astute people that are aware that Maryland is one of the states that was used to create Washington D.C., but that would be about it.

North Carolina rightfully boasts of the very first airplane flight that was made on the sandy hills of the tiny town of Kitty Hawk on the Outer Banks of the Barrier Islands. The Wright Brothers had come here all the way from Ohio with their flying contraption to make it fly!

President Franklin Roosevelt set the Tennessee Valley Authority was into action on May 18, 1933. This was part of a set of programs known as the New Deal that attempted to lift the country out of a devastating Depression. It sought to provide much needed jobs to individuals all over the country and electricity and irrigation to the Tennessee Valley.

Ever since Lucy and her band of our Homo Sapien ancestors left Africa some 70,000 years ago, our species has been migrating. From our savanna homeland, we have spread over the entire globe so that almost every nook and cranny of our planet has been populated with our species. There are some who even talk of colonizing Mars. While we are known as a tool-making primate, we should also be recognized as confirmed travelers. There are many reasons for our wanderlust. Whether we...

Battles were fought in much the same way as in the Pre-Marius times, with the exception of the heavier use of artillery. Often before heavy infantry were sent in, a barrage of missile fire from Onagers and Ballistas (ancient artillery) were used to weaken and dishearten the enemy. As the legionnaires approached the enemy and came within thirty yards or so, they would throw a volley or two of pilum that would weaken the enemy before they engaged in hand-to-hand combat. The sin...

Translation of the Japanese Samuari creed

By the end of the third century A.D., the empire was getting plagued by civil war and barbarian invasions. Eventually the old legions became disorganized and spread out. Cohorts were disbanded and others were sent to various regions to fill gaps in the defense. Legions were spread out across the empire?s now huge territory. The empire had now expanded and subjugated many territories and people, and with that came the recruitment of non-Romans into the army. It helped appease ...

A surefire way to make a visit to a foreign country more enjoyable is to understand a bit about the country's history, heritage, culture and politics. The history of Spain has been molded by many influences. The Iberian Peninsula, which encompasses Spain and Portugal has been occupied through the ages by the Romans, the Moors and others. If you have no knowledge of the influence of these ancient cultures, you will not appreciate and understand the castles, churches, fort...