World History
Why Do We Drive on the Right Side of the Road?
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When it comes to transportation, Americans and Brits have one thing in common: They both consider the other to be driving on the wrong side of the road. But how did it come to this? Today, only about a third of the world’s countries drive on the left side of the road, including Britain and many of its former colonies, such as Australia, India, Pakistan, Jamaica, and South Africa. The United States, however, bucked this colonial trend. To understand why the U.S. drives on the right, we have to travel back long before cars existed ...Read More
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World HistoryArticle116Was Lady Godiva Real?
Britain is a land of countless myths and legends, including King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Robin Hood and his band of Merry Men, and King Canute…
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World HistoryArticle125Why Were They Called the ‘Dark Ages’?
The term “Dark Ages” conjures images of a bleak, backward world, a period of human history marked by ignorance, barbarity, and intellectual stagnation. The term is typically used to refer…
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World HistoryFact54Medieval people slept inside wooden cupboards.
Sleeping in a cupboard sounds more like a punishment than a good night’s rest. But in parts of Europe in the medieval and early modern era, people often slept on…
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World HistoryFact66Divers recently found a long-lost shipwreck that sank in a hit-and-run.
More than 160 years after vanishing beneath the waves of the Atlantic, the wreck of French steamship Le Lyonnais was discovered off the coast of Massachusetts. The ship’s demise in…
