Modern

The Writers Between the Frames...
The theater is dark. An orchestra plays somewhere beneath the screen as hundreds of faces stare toward a rectangle of flickering light, watching a young man cross an elegant drawing room toward the woman he loves. He stops. She turns. Something has happened between them; the audience can see it in her face, but there is no voice to explain it, no whispered confession, no trembling accusation, no clever line delivered at precisely the right moment. The screen goes black. Words appear. The audience laughs. Then the words vanish, the actors return, and the story moves on. The sentence might have occupied the screen for only a few seconds, but somebody had to write it. In the strange, rapidly evolving world of silent Hollywood, those words could matter enormously.
By The Iron Lighthouse2 days ago in History
100+ Fun Trivia Facts About West Virginia
This quick read presents a mix of fun facts and trivia about the state of West Virginia. Discover West Virginia’s nickname, geography, folklore, state colors, state songs, state bird, state flower, state motto, major cities, demographics, well-known residents, famous bridges, forests and rivers, economic data, historic firsts, and much more. If you’re a West Virginia trivia enthusiast, these fun facts are tailored just for you.
By Gregory DeVictor5 days ago in History
Title: The Plastic Obsession: Why Popping Bubble Wrap Is So Addictive
But let’s be completely honest with ourselves. The gadget is only the second most exciting thing in that box. Your eyes are already locked onto that clear, air-filled sheets of plastic cushioning the item. Before you even realize what you are doing, your fingers have gripped the edge of the sheet. Press, snap, pop. A wave of pure, unadulterated satisfaction washes over you. You are a grown adult with bills to pay and a career to manage, yet you are completely powerless against a piece of industrial packaging material. You cannot stop until every single bubble is dead. Why does this simple plastic invention possess such a hypnotic hold over the human mind?
By Lenka Čihařová6 days ago in History
History piece: forget australia, the first massive british convict colony was actually america
But actual history is way more twisted. for seventy years before the first british convict ship ever smelled the air of australia, the british government was sending tens of thousands of its prisoners to a completely different place: the north american colonies.
By Lenka Čihařová7 days ago in History
Radithor: When America Drank the Atomic Age
In the 1920s, radium represented the dazzling promise of modern science. Then someone decided to bottle it... America entered the 1920s looking toward the future. Electric lights had transformed the night. Automobiles were remaking cities and countryside alike. Radio carried voices invisibly through the air. Airplanes, once an impossible dream, were becoming machines of commerce and adventure. Science seemed capable of anything. And few discoveries seemed more mysterious, or more promising, than radium.
By The Iron Lighthouse9 days ago in History
No more secrets anymore, what ever happened to our privacy?
At the end of World War II five nations that’d built up intelligence-gathering links during the conflict agreed to pool their capabilities and signed up to the 1946 UKUSA Agreement to formalise the relationship going forward.
By Steve Harrison9 days ago in History
The private militia that grant states plausible deniability
Your life is like a schedule, you run to meet the bills, no one's awake to tell you... life kills! Words I first heard as my life was reaching the final furlong on the first of the rank of treadmills we’re thrust upon to keep us from questioning the fruitlessness of our struggle to survive... until the curtain finally comes down somewhere on the retirement stage.
By Steve Harrison11 days ago in History
Forgotten Broumov: The Place Where Thousands of Russian Prisoners of War Found Their Death
During the First World War, the Austro-Hungarian army built a huge and completely isolated prisoner-of-war camp here. It was not some small temporary collection point. More than 30,000 prisoners of war passed through this place.
By Lenka Čihařová14 days ago in History
Year 1774: Fun Facts, Trivia, and History
This quick read presents a mix of fun facts, trivia, and historical events from the year 1774. Discover the year’s top news stories, most influential people, historic firsts, U.S. economic data, entertainment trivia, and much more.
By Gregory DeVictor14 days ago in History
The Cyclists Who Paved the Way for America's Cars
Imagine purchasing the finest bicycle money could buy in 1895. It's a beautiful machine... gleaming metal, pneumatic tires, a comfortable saddle. You’ve joined a cycling club, acquired a handsome riding outfit, and informed your family that you intend to spend Sunday exploring the countryside.
By The Iron Lighthouse16 days ago in History
When the Maternal Instinct Fails: The Saddest Cases in Czech Criminal History
When this protective mechanism fails, we tend to panic. Discussions on social media immediately fill with apocalyptic comments asking if we are experiencing some new and frightening epidemic.
By Lenka Čihařová17 days ago in History
He Wanted to Fly Among the Clouds. He Ended Up Repairing Radars. And That Is Where the Story of Morgan Freeman Began
Article But his journey did not begin in Hollywood. It began with a boy from Mississippi who dreamed about flying, ended up in the military as a mechanic… and for a long time had no idea that his greatest strength would not be in the cockpit, but in a voice that one day the whole world would recognize.
By Lenka Čihařová17 days ago in History