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There is a lot going on in Peter Paul Reubens’ The Hippopotamus and Crocodile Hunt, painted circa 1615. The painting was commissioned by Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria, of The House of Wittelsbach, for Schleißheim Palace.
Looted during the Napoleonic wars, the massive 98 in × 126 in work was returned to Munich, where The Wittelsbach collection formed the nucleus of the Alte Pinakothek, one of the world’s oldest art galleries.
I am very excited to be on this revival of the classic History Channel show Modern Marvels. This is a special three epsiode series on engineering of WWII. Episode 1 premiers tonight, Monday, July 27 at 10/9c.
There is legitimate controversy over which ship was America’s first true battleship. But the Navy answers that question relatively clearly- USS Indiana was, from the outset, called "Battleship Number One."
On October 7, 1864 a battle between a Confederate commerce raider and a US sloop of war brought the nation to the brink of a foreign war.
