Pt. 1. Flags through the ages. The origin and development of flags -- All about flags -- Emperors, sovereigns and presidents -- Government flags -- Military signs -- Navy ensigns and flags -- Flag ...

For the hard-core amusement park crowd, nothing satisfies like a good roller coaster. Long drops, high speed, lots of airtime and adrenaline rushes are what they crave. The only thing that can top a ...

The park will feature the new longest, tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, Falcon's Flight Saudi Press Agency Six Flags is set to open its first theme park outside of North America by the ...

A new roller coaster being developed at a Middle Eastern theme park will race to set new records as the world’s fastest coaster, carrying passengers at more than 155 miles per hour. The ride, named ...

When Christopher Columbus first set foot in what's now the Bahamas, it was the lucky sum of a 1,400-year-old cartographical error and Columbus's own miscalculations ...

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It was a curious little book. When a few copies began resurfacing, in the 18th century, nobody knew what to make of it. One hundred and three pages long and written in Latin, it announced itself on ...

Henricus Martellus, a German cartographer working in Florence in the late 15th century, produced a highly detailed map of the known world. According to experts, there is strong evidence that ...

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An all-new roller coaster is coming to Six Flags Great America next year. Wrath of Rakshasa is coming to the Chicago-area theme park, Six Flags announced Thursday. The new ride features a ...