Tag: history
This is a history of the world told in hilarious bloopers collected by teachers throughout the United States. These bloopers go from eighth grade all the way through college level. …
Is the most dreaded popup on your screen: Your password has expired? And you start sweating …you must use one uppercase character, at least one lowercase alphabetic character, at least one …
Ok is the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, it’s bigger even than an infant’s first word ma or the ubiquitous Coke. Sounds weird but OK… …
Surprising guests by hiding things in pastry goes back to Ancient Rome. Stuffing one animal inside another was a particular treat. A guest might carve into the belly of …
How did “Powerful Leader” become “Dick”? The Germanic first or given name Richard derives from German, French, and English “ric” (ruler, leader, king) and “hard” (strong, brave). So we …
Have clowns always had a dark side? Clown-like characters have been around for thousands of years. Pygmy clowns entertained Egyptian pharaohs in 2500 BCE. In ancient imperial China, a …
Was Johann Conrad Dippel, born Konrad Dippel von Frankenstein at Frankenstein Castle, the first Dr. Frankenstein? In “Maladies and Remedies of the Life of the Flesh” (1736), Dippel claimed …
We are familiar with the Mad Scientist archetype. He lives in a castle cum laboratory, browbeats his odd sidekick, has an eccentric appearance, enjoys unusual hobbies, makes outlandish pronouncements …
The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Dating from around 2100 BC, it may be the earliest surviving great work of literature. More importantly, with …
Before we had widespread collective nouns for animal groups, we had 7 names for animal droppings. These include the wonderful expressions : “the wagging” (the fox) , “the wardrobe” …
