Narratives

Why Attacking Iran Could Be Riskier Than Capturing Maduro
When President Trump said in January that a U.S. “armada” was heading to Iran, he compared it with the kind of force used in the military’s recent lightning operation in Venezuela, saying it was “able to rapidly fulfill its mission, with speed and violence.”
By Wings of Time 8 days ago in History
Iran Could Direct Proxies to Attack U.S. Targets Abroad, Officials Warn
A new billboard in Tehran this month. The uncertainty surrounding possible threats from Iran’s proxy groups further complicates the Trump administration’s war planning. Credit...Arash Khamooshi for The New York Times
By Wings of Time 8 days ago in History
The Annotated Elephant Man
The discovery as a child of the haunting, tragic life story of Jospeh Carey "John" Merrick was one of the most defining creative and spiritual apsects of my personal development. Throwing a tantrum as a child, not wanting my parents to watch the stage play starring Philip Anglim as "John Merrick, " and Kevin Conway, and later seeing that same play rebroadcast in images that haunt me, dream-like, to this day; images that seemed to have welled up from some past existence. Images of an eerie, quiet, void-like place wherein a Victorian presumed "Doctor" is unaccountably taken by the prone figure of someone we never see. Someone that a mob or crowd has captured, lifting them above their shoulders, holding them up to the light of God, outside a growing circle of musty darkened despair.
By Tom Baker9 days ago in History
The earliest fossilised vomit in the world with intact remains is found by scientists.
The oldest known vomit from a terrestrial mammal is a lump of fossilised vomit that is around 290 million years old. An early land food chain can be redrawn thanks to 41 bone fragments that freeze a single meal from long before dinosaurs.
By Francis Dami9 days ago in History
AM vs FM - The Two Frequencies That Soundtracked America
There was a time when the most powerful thing in a house wasn’t the television, and it certainly wasn’t the phone in your pocket. It was a box, with dials...
By The Iron Lighthouse9 days ago in History
60 Seconds and Over the Top
Captain Montgomery was cold. It seemed to him that he was always cold. His boots were coated in a thick, cold mud. The air was cold on his face. The only time he wasn’t cold was when he was in the officer’s mess, sharing a bit of brandy with the other commanders. But the last drink they shared was weeks ago. Now half of those officers were over the top – lying in the muck and craters of no-man’s land, dead and left behind.
By Jonas Kraft9 days ago in History
The Colonel’s Bloody Saber
It was April 1862— The conditions of weather were unfavorable in Tennessee, marching was a miserable business, and the damp cold seeped into the very bones of the fighting men.
By Jonas Kraft10 days ago in History
Disturbing History: The Unsettling Case Of The 5 Year Old Mother From Peru
Born in September 1933 in the poverty-stricken district of Ticrapo, Peru, Lina Medina was one of nine children of Tiburelo and Victoria.
By Matesanz12 days ago in History
The Bizarre Disappearance Of Lars Mittank
On 30th June 2014, 28 year old German tourist Lars Mittank, travelled with a small group of friends to Golden Sands, a luxury resort on Bulgaria’s Black Sea coast.
By Matesanz12 days ago in History
The Chilling Mystery of Kuru: The “Laughing Death” That Shocked the World
There are diseases… and then there are mysteries that haunt science for decades. Back in the 1930s, something terrifying was unfolding in the highlands of Papua New Guinea. Among the Fore people, a tribe of roughly 11,000 individuals, a strange illness was claiming around 200 lives every year.
By Areeba Umair14 days ago in History
Shaolin Temple Secrets Revealed: The Real Story Behind Shaolin Kung Fu
When most people hear Shaolin Kung Fu, they picture flying kicks, shattered bricks, and warriors who move like something straight out of a movie. Maybe even someone like Bruce Lee dominating the screen with lightning-fast strikes.
By Areeba Umair14 days ago in History
6 Ancient Legends That Were Surprisingly Real
Humans are natural storytellers. For thousands of years, myths and legends have ignited our imagination, fed our souls, and passed wisdom from one generation to the next. While many of these tales are just that, stories, some are rooted in real events, revealing fascinating truths about our planet and the universe.
By Areeba Umair15 days ago in History