LONDON'S RIVER TURNED MURKY: A SUMMER OF FILTH, 1858

The city of London sought in the heat of summer, 1858. But it was not merely the sun that scorched the metropolis. An even more unpleasant force infested its very heart: the River Thames. Years of industrial effluents had transformed London's lifeblood into a foul-smelling mire. The stench was all-consuming, a miasma that clung to every cobblestone

In the depths trenches of World War I, a remarkable story unfolded during the Christmas season of 1914. Amidst the violence and horror, an unprecedented truce emerged between warring factions. As the bells of Christmas chimed throughout Europe, soldiers on both sides crossed out of their trenches. A scene of astonishing brotherhood unfolded Peace i