Thailand's Maya Bay - the crown jewel of Phi Phi Islands and location of the Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach - was closed to tourists as part of national efforts to rehabilitate the country's marine environment. With the tourist ban came a new group of visitors to the bay - blacktip reef sharks. 

The Teapot Dome land scandal brought down a a group of powerful men including a US cabinet member.

The world's first parking meter was installed in Oklahoma City on July 16, 1935. This pioneering device, known as the "Park-O-Meter No. 1," was placed at the southeast corner of what was then First Street and Robinson Avenue. The invention of the parking meter was driven by the need to manage parking congestion in urban areas, particularly in downtown shopping districts where employees often occupied prime parking spots, leaving no room for customers.

One of the few creatures that can afford to turn its back on an enemy, the Porcupine has approximately 30,000 good reasons for doing so. Barbed quills on back and tail insure that it has few enemies in the first place, so this large Rodent confidently goes about its business at an extremely relaxed pace.

he Kratt Brothers explore how porcupines use their quills as an incredible defensive Creature Power! They also compare the differences between the North American porcupine and the African crested porcupine.