Ezekiel Jacob

Ezekiel Jacob discusses with Ivan Wise six things which he thinks should be better known:

1. The evolution of powered flight in birds: why birds learnt to fly and why others did not – www2.gwu.edu/~darwin/BiSc151/Birds/Birds.HTML

2. The Varangian Guard: an elite unit of the Byzantine army, featuring Harold Hardrada –www.realmofhistory.com/2016/04/20/10-fascinating-facts-varangian-guard/

3. Chaser’s War on Everything: an Australian satirical sketch show – www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X3aqifX66E

4. Kublai Khan’s failed invasions of South East Asia: Genghis’ grandson takes China but fails to take Japan, Java or Vietnam – www.thoughtco.com/the-mongol-invasions-of-japan-195559

5. Molesworth: books written by Geoffrey Willans and illustrated by Ronald Searle – www.lrb.co.uk/v22/n04/thomas-jones/swete-lavender

6. Caledonian Orogeny: a geologist’s explanation for the 2014 Scottish referendum – www.geolsoc.org.uk/Plate-Tectonics/Chap4-Plate-Tectonics-of-the-UK/Caledonian-Orogeney