In 1869, a strange fashion trend was afoot among the hippest London ladies. With the assistance of canes and mismatched shoes or specialty pairs with different heel heights, they affected what was called the Alexandra Limp. 00
1.7 billion years ago, there was…
1.7 billion years ago, there was a natural nuclear reactor that ran for a few hundred thousand years. 00
In Middle ages people walked in different…
In Middle ages people walked in different fashion than we do now. So-called toe-heel walking used to be absolutely natural. In about 1500s, the way of walk changed as did the foot wear. 10
The Romans loved Chinese silk so much…
The Romans loved Chinese silk so much that the Senate banned its wearing by men in 14 A.D. It was hurting the economy as way too much silk was being imported and not enough of other stuff, like iron. 00
200-1200s AD, Inuit and Vikings colonized Greenland…
200-1200s AD, Inuit and Vikings colonized Greenland multiple times, but they often missed the other and found the ruins of the other’s attempt. First Contact finally happened in the 1200s, with Inuits colonizing the Vikings. 00
The History of Nintendo Consoles
Since 1983, Nintendo has sold more than 4.4 billion video games and over 703 million hardware units. The company was founded on 23rd September 1889 in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi. They started out manufacturing playing cards and later printed them with Disney characters. This came a long time before they began developing video games. Here is a list of every video game console Nintendo has released, good and bad. Color-TV Game (1977-1979) Most people would say the first Nintendo console was the NES. It was, in fact, the Color TV-game 6 – the 6 referring to the different games
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Black people in ancient Rome were not discriminated…
Black people in ancient Rome were not discriminated against because of their skin color or physical features. They were not excluded from any profession and there was no stigma against mixed race relationships. Classical writers did not attach social status or degree of humanity to skin color. 00
Between 1798 and the Civil War, the U.S. Navy…
Between 1798 and the Civil War, the U.S. Navy lost two-thirds as many officers to dueling as it did to more than 60 years of combat at sea. In the 18th and early 19th Centuries, personal honor could have a very real impact on a man’s life, especially for a naval officer. Most naval officers […]
One of the major objectives of the French Revolution…
One of the major objectives of the French Revolution was to switch all measures of time from base 12 to base 10, including a ten day week. Ironically, the experiment lasted 12 years. 00
Laundry was for 50 years often mailed. Until the 1960s…
Laundry was for 50 years often mailed. Until the 1960s, many US college students mailed dirty clothes home for moms to wash and mail back (often including food), using reusable boxes and USPS parcel post. Modern washing machines that made washing clothes locally easier ended laundry mail. 00