Wiki - Fogo (Island), Cape Verde

Cape Verde recently got some attention. One small piece of that small country is Fogo, the volcanic island. We have learned to look closer at little places, right? 

Wiki - Fogo Island, Newfoundland

For such a small and difficult to reach island, Fogo Island has a pretty lengthy entry. You may have seen it on the 1606 Bertius map of Newfoundland or on Season 2 of Severence. The histories include Marconi and the Treaty of Utrecht. 

Wiki - Samuel Seymour

According to Wikipedia, Samuel Seymour held a couple of interesting distinctions:

1) the last person to report having witnessed the assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865

2) the oldest person to appear on television (at the time of his appearance), 

Wiki - Ice block expedition of 1959

That time that an insulation company drove a block of ice from Norway to the Equator. In Africa they met with Albert Schweitzer. Sometimes a publicity stunt is more than just that.

Wiki - Cloaca

 Cloaca.

Wiki - Morgan Munitions Depot explosion

Harrowing story of a munitions plant explosion in Sayreville in 1918. In the 1990s, some shells were found near an elementary school and the resulting search found another 5,000 unexploded shells. more than 100 years later, the local high school is still called...the Bombers.

Ancient Aquiry

Nearly 2,000 years ago, the ancient city of Aquiry was very big. A new paper in Nature says that LiDAR has helped them identify 20,000 earthworks in the city. Seems like a lot.

Wiki - Steller's Sea Eagle

The Steller's Sea Eagle is a fascinating large bird. So large it can be a threat to bald eagles.