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Princeton KY "Ghost Walk"

25 Jan 2021 5 minute read 0 comments LyonCoDad

Back in 2018 I was asked to assist the Caldwell County Genealogy Society during its annual "Ghost Walk". Now don't get all excited thinking this is a spooky type walk, it isn't. The way we do "Ghost Walks" is we pick out the stories of folks who are...

The Last Uncontacted Tribes in The World

24 Jan 2021 4 minute read 17 comments Zirbo

In today's globalized world it can sometimes seem that everything is already explored. There are almost 8 billion people living on our planet, with most of us living in cities connected with each other through modern technology. But despite all these...

Civil War Reenacting in the shadow of covid... It sucks.

24 Jan 2021 2 minute read 0 comments LyonCoDad

Well, we had our Civil War Reenacting Unit Meeting this morning to try to outline plans for 2021.  Covid has really hit the reenactor hobby/lifestyle hard! With all the social distancing, masks and everything being cancelled our ranks are getting thi...

Zaya's Tale

23 Jan 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Thomas Mitchell

How many times have you heard a story of something that happened long ago? Exactly how long ago did the story take place? The world has become filled with partial truths, disinformation, and questions about almost everything. Is it so hard to believe...

The Shortest War in History

22 Jan 2021 3 minute read 4 comments Zirbo

War, war never changes, but then again sometimes it does! When we think of war, we usually think of a violent conflict that lasts months or years, fought between two or more sides. Some wars have lasted decades or even over a century! But the Anglo-Z...

The battle for Raate road 1940

19 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Kristian Komu

Hello people! In this post I will tell you about the battle of Raate road. The battle was part of the war between Finland and the Soviet Union in 1939-1940. The war would be known as talvisota a.k.a winter war. The battle for the road was fought from...

The Mystery of The Vela Incident

18 Jan 2021 4 minute read 1 comment Zirbo

In the early hours of September 22nd 1979, something very strange happened in the waters of the South Indian Ocean, that has puzzled scientists ever since. An American satellite orbiting above known as Vela Hotel 6911 detected a bright double flash b...

DARIUS THE GREAT 2, 522 - 486 BC: Expanding an Empire

17 Jan 2021 25 minute read 10 comments YouveBeenGreeked

Like Cyrus, Darius was not just a brilliant ruler, but an equally brilliant conqueror. Under his reign, the Achaemenid Persian Empire would reach its territorial height, with borders stretching from Greece and Libya in the West to Central Asia and In...

The Tupolev Tu-144, The Concorde's Bad Brother

15 Jan 2021 3 minute read 13 comments Zirbo

The Concorde, the first supersonic passenger plane. It was cool, stylish, luxurious, and extremely fast! It was twice as fast as a modern day airliner, and it could cross the Atlantic Ocean in just three hours! The Tu-144 was the only other superson...

The Mysterious Chinese Art Heists all over Europe!

14 Jan 2021 5 minute read 7 comments Zirbo

Stockholm, Sweden, 2010   A small mystery had begun unfolding in the Swedish capital. People going out that evening were confused and scared, several cars across the city had lit up in flames, and nobody knew exactly why. The police soon arrived, but...