Key Highlights At the turn of the 20th century, the 170-meter-long Winchester Cathedral was on the verge of collapse due to shifting, waterlogged peat foundations. Deep-sea diver William Walker spent five years (1906–1911) working in pitch-black, submerged trenches beneath the cathedral to reinforce the base. Working entirely by touch, Walker placed over 25,800 bags of ...
Key Highlights TikTok creator @saraheposts discovered a labeled VHS tape in the butler’s pantry of her newly purchased 240-year-old Maine home, which was reportedly the childhood residence of a “relatively famous politician.” The tape, marked “1953 to 1957, scenes from home,” remains unwatched due to the creator’s horror-movie-inspired superstition and a notable historical anachronism: the ...
Chief Justice John Roberts broke with Donald Trump and the Supreme Court’s other conservative justices on Monday, objecting to the president’s plan to build a…