In 1906, a famed explorer saw something on the horizon that would lead an expedition of men to search for a magnificent land they hoped would be full of new and undiscovered treasures for science.

One famous dolphin lived near the shores of New Zealand in the late 1800s, and swam alongside hundreds of ships, becoming a beloved figure to locals and foreigners alike, and described as ”the best known fish in the world.”

It was relatively common in the middle ages for Kings, royals, and various other titled men to die in combat, and they were at least usually expected to fight personally. Despite the dangers of medieval combat and the expectations of nobility, however, many at the highest levels of aristocracy died in less than noble mundane accidents, and even in embarrassing circumstances.

While there can be a legitimate question over whether the fastest time that a person has ever run the hundred meter hurdles while wearing swimming fins (14.82 seconds) really deserves to be remembered, certainly a few record attempts at least fall into the category of history stranger than fiction.

244 years ago, in a little known event of the American Revolution, the people of Richmond Virginia would learn the true extent to which the former American hero had changed sides.

The rover called “spirit” became known for its, well, spirit, continuing to perform its mission for more than twenty five times its expected lifespan. Nearly fifteen years since its last message to earth, Spirit deserves to be remembered.