The Oxford Electric Bell Has Been Ringing For Over 175 Years
We’re ringing in the new year (as well as marking National Ring a Bell Day) with the story of a bell that’s been ringing year in and year out for almost two centuries.
When The U.S. And North Korea Teamed Up To Fight Pirates
The U.S. and North Korea aren't exactly chummy, and yet once, in 2007, the U.S. Navy came to the aid of a North Korean ship that had been taken over by pirates in Somalia - and Pyongyang publicly thanked the Americans for their help!
The 1924 Olympic Men’s Cross Country Race Was Literally A Hot Mess
Today in 1924, another one of these early Olympic events that went way off the rails: a very difficult and very strange mens’ cross country race.
The American Warship That Accidentally Launched A Torpedo At FDR
Today in 1943, a US Navy ship almost caused a gigantic tragedy, by inadvertently launching a torpedo at the president of the United States.
R-14, The Submarine That Made It Back To Port Using Blankets As Sails
This month in 1921, an American submarine known as R-14 ran out of usable fuel in the Pacific Ocean, and lost radio contact with the Navy. To get home, the crew turned the sub into a sailboat, making bunk beds and blankets into sails.