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On July 7, 1865, Mary Surratt and three other condemned prisoners were marched through the courtyard of the Old Arsenal Penitentiary outside of Washington, D.C., surrounded by a crowd of over 1,000 people. Escorted by General John F. Hartranft, each of the prisoners wrists and ankles were bound. Their heads hung low as they approached

Wikimedia CommonsA 19th century illustration of Mary being led to her execution. Elizabethan England was a treacherous place. Although the nation experienced a golden age under the eponymous queen of the era, she was constantly faced with threats from France, Spain, and within her own borders. One of these threats was her first cousin once

Felix TeichnerThis small sundial is only about the size of a matchbook. While excavating the site of a church in Marburg, Germany, students at the University of Marburg made an exciting find: a medieval sundial small enough to hold in the palm of your hand.

Library of Congress We all think we know the basic gist of the Pocahontas plot line. Boy meets girl, girls family and friends try to kill boy, girl saves boy by throwing herself in front of warriors club.

When youre a genius, you tend to notice things that others dont. Nikola Tesla did. He envisioned the potential of electricity far before his contemporaries. So, is it possible that Nikola Teslas 3 6 9 theory of the universe holds water? Or is it merely evidence of Teslas obsessive nature?