Black Tom Inferno: The 1916 Sabotage That Shook New York Harbor and America’s Neutrality
— April 10, 2026Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 1916, New Yorkers were jolted from…
This may be the most bizarre of the whole bunch. Certain species of jellyfish have a compound in them that makes them glow in the dark. The compound is believed to have qualities that could allow it to be used to make a new kind of fuel cell. Scientists at at The Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden have already used the compound, called GFP, to produce small amounts of electricity.
Just after 2 a.m. on Sunday, July 30, 1916, New Yorkers were jolted from…
On a small island off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada, lies one of…
On February 25, 1942, just three months after Pearl Harbor, the city of Los…
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