Tag: Culture

Look deeply into someone’s eyes, and you may feel like you’re glimpsing into their innermost soul. But if those eyes happen to be gray, you’re gazing through one of the rarest windows in the world.

Crack open an ice cold can of sparkling water and that first bracing sip tingles the tongue with prickly carbonation. Yet few ponder the beverage's rich backstory bubblescaping from natural springs into bottles globally today as beloved seltzer. This fizzy drink phenomenon in fact traces through spa towns, science labs and society itself revealing key innovations behind modern comforts we increasingly take for granted.

Long before she was a pixilated princess guiding Link on fantastical quests, Zelda was a real-life literary darling of the early 20th century. The iconic video game heroine actually inherited her name from Jazz Age writer and socialite Zelda Fitzgerald, wife of The Great Gatsby scribe F. Scott Fitzgerald.

The folded paper containers with wire handles that carry billions of orders of Kung Pao chicken, lo mein, and egg rolls each year actually originated right here in the United States. The quintessential Chinese takeout box was invented in Chicago in 1894 by an American named Frederick Weeks Wilcox.

Strolling though a shaded Melbourne park, a gnarled tree with twisting branches catches your eye. Its solid presence exudes sage experience weathering city life’s commotion. So on a whim back home, you email this stalwart tree a friendly update on your week - and soon receive a thoughtful treemail response!

The fascinating history of Rome is filled with intriguing tales and mysteries, but few are as captivating as the story of Caligula's pleasure barge. Uncovered by none other than Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, this tale combines ancient Roman debauchery, a stunning lake, and the iron-fisted rule of a 20th-century fascist leader. Join us on this adventurous journey as we explore the luxurious world of Caligula's pleasure barge and the lengths Mussolini went to uncover it.