Stagecoach at Holladay Express Office, Boise City, Idaho, circa mid-1860s. Source: A Stamp a Day- National Stamp Collecting Month: The Mail Coach Background Across from my office is a small Wells FargoTM bank. As I glanced out the window at it today, it made me think of the old stagecoach line...

At a sister site, I came across this comment: More interestingly, chillis are also new world crops. Therefore all those hot, spicy, Thai, Indian, Malay and Filipino foods are actually modern - invented after the Portuguese or Dutch introduced chilli peppers to Asian cultures I have also he...

The armistice on November 11th, 1918, was signed between 5:00 AM and 5:30 AM, french time (which was at this time UTC+0, one hour earlier than today). Wikipedia has a photo of the event, presumably taken at 5:30 AM However, it seems hard to imagine this photo could have been taken by night. Acco...

In ancient India, there was significant developments in theoretical science, such as in mathematics and astronomy, and in technology such as in metallurgy, but there was very little development of experimental science.

I'm curious whether women's suffrage has ever changed the direction of an election. Polls often show differences between men and women, but they are often fairly highly correlated, so I wonder if women's suffrage has ever proved decisive in an election. Since this is a matter of curiosity I'd we...