49 days at sea in a fishing hut

49 days at sea in a fishing hut

49 days at sea in a fishing hut The middle of July for most people involves enjoying the warm weather and having a good excuse to wear flip-flops, but for an Indonesian teenager named Aldi Novel Adilang, it meant having to spend several weeks alone on a small floating...
5 strange and scary facts about cold weather

5 strange and scary facts about cold weather

5 strange and scary facts about cold weather Winter can be one of the most beautiful times of the year, but it is also the deadliest. Cold weather can kill you much faster than hot weather can, and developed countries like the United States still see twice as many...
How did people survive the great depression?

How did people survive the great depression?

How did people survive the great depression? The great depression was a time when the whole world was hit by a huge economic downturn that caused mass poverty across many nations, particularly the United States. It began in September 1929 when stock prices began to...
The lowest survival rate jobs in history

The lowest survival rate jobs in history

The lowest survival rate jobs in history Safety standards haven’t always been what they are today, and for the vast majority of human history, people were given the option of doing something that could kill them, or simply starve to death. After the medieval period...