Eventually, more durable wax cylinders replaced the tinfoil. By the late 1800s, music recordings were sold in cylindrical containers featuring Edison’s name. In 1887, German immigrant Emile ...

who were lifting extraordinarily large weights in the first strongman competitions of the 1800s. Often performing as part of circus entertainment, the powerlifters and strongmen of the time were ...

New Africa – stock.adobe.com “I told him that the $1,800 a week was not worth it,” continued the brunette, who purportedly held a position in investment property sales. If she did earn ...

That figure equals 20 per cent of the men and 15 per cent of the women born at the end of the 1800s. The peak year of the great emigration was 1887, when more than 50,000 people left Sweden. Ever ...

Looking for a one-of-a-kind Cape house? A church dating back nearly 200 years on Cape Cod, Massachusetts has been repurposed as a home, and it's now for sale. The 3,400-square-foot, three-bedroom ...

Imagine walking into a cyber café to download an Aadhaar card or update your PAN details, only to realise later that you have fallen prey to a sophisticated cybercrime network that mass-produces fake ...

In Anno 1800, you can begin a campaign that tells the stories of the Goode family. Missions and adventure chapters show how a descendant of the Goode family tries to cleanse his father's good name, ...

The economy is an extremely important aspect of Anno 1800. The basis of a successful society is a strong economy, based, among others, on farms and plantations. Anno 1800 focuses on an interesting ...

A Thousand Blows sees veteran boxer Henry “Sugar” Goodson fight to stay on top in the Disney+ drama with subscribers curious to know more about the real person. Created by Peaky Blinders ...

Asel Tui's childhood on the Rai Coast of Papua New Guinea was coloured with tales of a legendary Russian explorer and scientist who sailed up to his village 150 years ago. But no one ever ...

It goes without saying that modern medicine would look very different if it hadn’t been for these 15 medical inventions and discoveries of the 1800s.

Mass production had been growing throughout the 19th century; by the late 1800s, most industries had moved from production by skilled craftspeople to mechanized production. Factory workers were ...