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.

A lesser known subplot of the War Between the States was the Union effort to deprive the confederacy of salt. It is difficult to overstate how much the shortage of salt in the Confederacy contributed to the ultimate Union victory.

The Clipper ship Nightingale had a history as bold and contradictory as the century in which she sailed.

The Doolittle Raid wasn’t just an operation of the Army Air Force. The Navy made its own plans, took its own risks, and has its own story that deserves to be remembered.