In early July 1839 a group of British merchant sailors in Kowloon became intoxicated after consuming rice liqueur. Two of the sailors became agitated with and beat to death Lin Wei...
Edgar Allan Poe’s story, ‘The Murders in the Rue Morgue’, first appears in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. The tale is generally considered to be the first detective story and was published today in 1841. The story describes the ...
A new species of giant mammal has been identified after researchers investigated bones that had been kept for decades in a Kenyan museum drawer.The species, dubbed "Simbakubwa...
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