Sometimes while searching for books for one post I come across a title that doesn't really fit but is too wonderful not to highlight....

16 July 1872: Roald Amundsen, Norwegian explorer, is born in Borge, Østfeld, Norway. Race to the End: Amundsen, Scott, and the Attainment...

28 April 1947: Thor Heyerdahl and five friends launch the raft Kon Tiki into the Pacific Ocean to test a theory that humans could have...