Blog Posts on true history
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Because Hitler’s Blitz Is A Lot Better In Color by Skirmisher on Sep 7, 2010Rare color footage of the bomb damage inflicted on London during World War II has surfaced on the eve of the 70th anniversary of the Blitz. The dramatic footage shows the destruction of several London landmarks, including the flagship John Lewis stor...
The Internet’s History, In Convenient Staccato by Skirmisher on Nov 19, 2009Maybe because, as nutshells go, the convenience of seeing lotsa things in a single glance is just, well, convenient! So if you want to apply that convenience to something long and hard and full of fun, like the Internet, feel free to hit this.
The Internet’s History, In Convenient Staccato by Skirmisher on Nov 19, 2009Maybe because, as nutshells go, the convenience of seeing lotsa things in a single glance is just, well, convenient! So if you want to apply that convenience to something long and hard and full of fun, like the Internet, feel free to hit this.
The Only Known Video of Anne Frank by Skirmisher on Oct 5, 2009This video has been circulating in the youtubes, and it apparently shows Anne Frank from a window, shot by a neighbor — the only existing video, so far, of the famous diarist and Holocaust victim. The 21-second, black-and-white video, filmed on...
The Only Known Video of Anne Frank by Skirmisher on Oct 5, 2009This video has been circulating in the youtubes, and it apparently shows Anne Frank from a window, shot by a neighbor — the only existing video, so far, of the famous diarist and Holocaust victim. The 21-second, black-and-white video, filmed on...
How Humans First Got The Idea Of A “Modern” Electrically Powered Frankenstein by Skirmisher on Feb 20, 2009In 1780 the Italian anatomy professor Luigi Galvani discovered that a spark of electricity could cause the limbs of a dead frog to twitch. Soon men of science throughout Europe were repeating his experiment, but it didn’t take them long to bore of...
The Early 18th Century Winter That Was So Cold “People Froze To Death On The Roads” by Skirmisher on Feb 8, 2009People across Europe awoke on 6 January 1709 to find the temperature had plummeted. A three-week freeze was followed by a brief thaw - and then the mercury plunged again and stayed there. From Scandinavia in the north to Italy in the south, and from...
