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The London skyline offers a unique view where some of the highest buildings in Europe are located. Some of the skyscrapers built this century, have...

The city of Liverpool is a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site and is home to numerous world-class tourist attractions, with more museums and gal...

The current building of the National Gallery began construction in 1832 and completed in 1838. It has grown since its establishment, and now with o...

With one of the lowest crime rates per capita of any major city in the world, the metropolitan city is a safe destination. The famous Mount Fuji ca...

The space shuttle travels around earth at around 17,500 miles (28,000 kilometres) every hour while in orbit. As a result, the crew on board is able...

The suit is vital for providing the astronaut with oxygen as well as protection from space dust. The primary function, however, is to provide a pre...

The largest passenger plane is the Airbus A380, which is a double-decker four-engine jetliner. Making its first flight on 27th April 2005, the plan...

Studies show that even six minutes of reading a book can reduce stress levels by more than two thirds. It is more effective than many other activit...

Conçue par l’artiste français Joseph de La Nézière, cette affiche illustre l’attrait de la ligne du Simplon-Orient-Express vers Athènes. Actif au d...

Designed by French artist Joseph de La Nézière, this poster captures the allure of the Simplon-Orient-Express route to Athens. Active in the early ...

A contemporary train driver adaptation of a Japanese woodblock print dating from 1814. The Japanese word for frog is “kaeru”, which can also mean “...

It will come as welcoming news for Harry Potter fans, that the train used in the Harry Potter films can be accessed in real life. It still runs, an...

Horsepower was a marketing tool used by James Watt who developed a steam engine that was more efficient than any other engine at the time. People f...

The first American steam locomotive was originally imported from England in 1830, and it was not until later that year that the first American trai...

Ancient anchors were very basic, often consisting of large stones, or logs of wood, which secured the vessel simply by weight and friction. Anchors...

The word skyscraper, commonly used to describe a tall urban building, was a term used to describe a small triangular-shaped sail that was set above...

The Mecklenburger Metallguss GmbH (MMG) of Germany produced the world's largest ship propeller in 2006, with a diameter of 9.6 meters with a weight...

Sailing has been one of the longest running Olympic disciplines around. It has been a part of the games since 1896, and Great Britain currently hol...

A flight from London to Singapore would take around 12 hours today. Back in 1934, the same journey would have taken around eight days requiring 22 ...

Produced from March 1950, the Volkswagen Type 2 has been a classic. Informally called the Microbus, Splitscreen, or Splittie, around a fifth of the...

The first ever modern traffic light was installed Aug. 5, 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio. With only red and green lights, it was not automatic, and was op...

In 1804, Englishman Richard Trevithick launched the first practical steam locomotive, which averaged less than 10 mph. Today, high-speed rail lines...

With railroads in North America wanting to run trains at night, the first recorded solution before electric headlights, was to place a fire of pine...

The early most common types of railroad snow plows used was the wedge plow which was a simple wedged design attached to the front of the locomotive...

Image based on the London Underground Postcards, published c.1904 as part of the Central London Railway series of comic platform scenes, attributed...

The name of the Star Wars four-legged combat walker stands for - All Terrain Armored Transport (AT-AT). Used by the ground forces of the Galactic E...

The TIE/LN starfighter or TIE/line starfighter from Star Wars, often called TIE Fighter or T/F, is often seen in huge numbers in most of the Galact...

The Star Wars starfighter, commonly referred to as the B-wing, was a heavily armed Rebel Alliance single-pilot starfighter deployed in the Galactic...

The starfighter can be identified by their distinctive S-foils resembling the High Galactic script's character "X" in attack formation. Armed with ...

A space capsule is an often-crewed spacecraft that enables to re-enter the earth's atmosphere without wings. Patent by Maxime Allen Faget (1921–200...

The space shuttle has a thermal protection, also known as a heat shield, with more than 30,000 tiles made essentially of sand, enabling the shuttle...

The word "spaceship" was first used in 1880. The first recorded use of the word "spacecraft" was in 1929. A space shuttle, as well as facilitating ...

In 1947, the first UFO report was made. A pilot named Kenneth Arnold saw nine flying objects and described their movement as "like a saucer if you ...

Prior to the introduction of railways, communities around the UK had their own local time (e.g. Bristol was 10 minutes behind Greenwich Mean Time.)...

Show jumping began on July 28, 1868. At the inaugural Dublin Horse Show, where the competition went on for four days, the sport was then known as L...

Made of lead, early toy trains had no moving parts with only some made with wheels that would actually turn. From around 1875 onwards, with better ...