Nazis searching for the Holy Grail.  Luckily for us, they didn’t find it.
via The Mystery of the Haunted Vampire Blog

February 15th: Today in 1898 the battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana harbor sinking the ship and killing two hundred and fifty four sailors. The cause has never been established but a 1976 investigation thought it was due to an explosion of coal dust while a 1999 investigation thought it was likely due to a [...]

February 14th: Today in 1779 British explorer James Cook was killed in Hawaii during a fight with local villagers over a pair of stolen tongs he was trying to retrieve. By tradition he was mistaken for god when he arrived in his wild clothes on his huge ship but after leaving the islands his mast [...]

I am a huge Godzilla fan but I am always surprised to meet people who treat the films too seriously.  They are great fun, who doesn’t love watching a guy in a ruber suit stomp a city? Anyway here is a good article on the problems a real Godzilla would face. Doesn’t spoil my fun [...]

Great photo set from the Vintage Photo Group on Live Journal of Taffy, the Regimental Goat, possibly the only goat to ever win a military medal. Interesting to see how some traditions stay around, while other disappear or get put aside.

A very good series of posts over at Boston 1775 this week on the story of George Washington learning about Hanukkah. The story itself is heartwarming and the sort of story we want to believe, it could even be true, but there is no evidence to support it at all. We want our history to [...]

February 8th: Today in 1587 Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in Fotheringay Castle for treason. I find Mary a bit of a mystery, if you visit Scotland you will find many, many places that have a ‘Mary slept here’ type of sign up, much like George Washington here in the States. I just don’t [...]

Finally someone announces a run for President I can support.

February 6th: Today in 1959 Jack Kilby filed a patent for the first working integrated circuit.  You can thank him as you waste time browsing the web today.

February 5th: Today in 1885 King Leopold II of Belgium established the Congo Free State under his personal rule complete with his own private army, the Force Publique. He never visited his personal state, he used it to rip the resources out of Africa as effectively as he could while ignoring the human costs which [...]