Beach’s First Subway: Pneumatic Transit System
Alfred Beach was an inventor and editor of Scientific American magazine. He was also a visionary for subterranean rapid transit. By 1849, New York...
Byblos, Lebanon: Oldest City in the World
The holder of this title incurs more debate among archaeologists and historians than one might think. However if we are to define the metric...
Ultimate Remote Tourist Destination: Tristan da Cunha
If you wanted to get away from it all, where would you go? Previously Sometimes Interesting featured Bouvet Island, the most remote island in...
The Largest Underground Lake in the World: Lake Vostok
There are more than 140 lakes underneath the glaciers in Antarctica. The largest is Lake Vostok, located 13,100 ft (4,000 m) beneath the Russian...
World’s Largest Aircraft: Antonov An-225 Mriya
Bigger than a Boeing 747 and Airbus A380, longer and heavier than the Hughes H-4 “Spruce Goose”, The Antonov An-225 Mriya is a strategic...
Bouvet: One of the Most Remote Islands in the World
In 1739 a French captain named Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier discovered a remote island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Named for the French...
