Hand sewing is an art form that is over 20,000 years old. The first sewing needles were made of bones or animal horns and the first thread was made of animal ......

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. The first words he spoke on his telephone were, "Watson, come here. I need you." Watson was his assistant's name. That happened in ......

Philo Farnsworth was just a fourteen year old high school student when he came up with the idea that an electron beam could scan pictures back and forth and transmit them ......

Joseph Begun.Magnetic tape has been used for sound recording for more than 75 years. Tape revolutionized both the radio broadcast and music recording industries. It did this by giving artists and producers the power ......

The US theory: Several people have suggested that the US symbol came from the use of a S stamped over the top of a U as a symbol for the United ......

The North consisted of 23 states California, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, ......

An apothecary is a historic name for a medical practitioner. Before modern medicine apothecaries were pharmacist. They often sold regular medicines as well as there own herbal formulations and tobbacco. They ......

Where not sure who had the first lunar calendar many civilizations have had lunar calendars. One of the earliest is the Chinese lunar calendar. The chinese calendar is however not a ......

The cause of the 1929 stock market crash was due to an over valued stock market. Due to overzealous spending by investors that lead to stock prices falling 17% in early ......

The British arrival in South Africa began in 1806 with the annexation of parts of the Cape. This lead to conflicts with the existing people and the British in 1852 the ......

The definition of history as defined by Oxford is:noun (pl. histories) 1 the study of past events. 2 the past considered as a whole. 3 the past events connected with someone ......

There are a number of reasons for the mass of an American penny to change, the metal used in the penny, as well as the design on them.   From 1793 to ......

Aurora, which is Latin for dawn was the Roman goddess of the dawn.  Eos was the Greek equivalent.  According to mythology, Aurora flies across the sky every morning announcing the morning’s ......

The first 12 month calendar was the Roman calendar, although it originally consisted of only 10 months.  This calendar was short by 61 days so around 713 BC, Numa Pompilius added ......

The Oregon Trail was a passage used by early settlers to start a new life in the north western United States.  Of course it wasn’t just an easily followed road, people ......

The very first heart transplant was preformed by a South African surgeon, Christiaan Barnard on December 3rd, 1967.  Lewis Washkansky, 53, was the first patient.  While the surgery itself was a ......

The Three Lions and the Tudor rose are separate symbols, they are often shown together but they have separate meanings and histories.  I will of course explain the meanings behind both. ......

Martial arts are systems of specific techniques and traditions used to train for combat.  Simply put any common fighting technique is considered to be a martial art.  Once you start making ......

The origin on the Ace of Spades being used as a death card is the Vietnam war; however, the use of the spade symbol was first used in World War II ......

To answer your second question, yes it is morbid, and when you find out the answer to your first question you'll really think it's morbid.  A deadline is a final time ......

The original origin on the bagpipe seems to be neither Irish nor Scottish.  Around 400 BC Aristophones (an Athenian poet) commented that the pipers of Thebes (Thebes being the enemy of ......

A blue ribbon is awarded for first prize in events that typically do not reward human physical competition.  Things such as a dog show, a giant pumpkin contest, things of that ......

The Plague of Amwas lasted from 638 to 640 AD, in Syria, Egypt and Iraq.  The plague was most severe in Amwas, Syria, so it became known as the Plague of ......

While I don't remember this particular question being asked, I do remember a question about the Wendigo.  Apparently William Blake was the leader of a commune of some kind around 1756.  ......

We all know the Scottish wear kilts, but do the Irish?  It's a good question.  The answer is yes they do wear kilts, although perhaps not as famously.  The English wear ......

The term Boer is the Afrikaans word for farmer.  Afrikaans are those that settled in south Africa during the late seventeenth century, consisting mainly of Dutch, French, and German peoples, although ......

Gevaudan was a province in south-central France.  Today is it located in Lozere, still in south central France.  The Beast of Gevaudan is a mystery still today.  Between 1764 and 1767 ......

The term berserk comes from the Old Norse word, berserkr, which means 'a wild warrior or champion'.  These warriors wore hides of bears.   The term berserkr is probably a compound word ......

The Wendigo is a creature of Native American folklore, specifically the Algonquin speaking tribes of North America.  Algernon Blackwood popularized the creature in his book The Wendigo.  The original legend dates ......

It all began back in the 7th Century.  A monk named St. Boniface traveled to Germany from Devonshire to teach the word of God.  I guess he either lost or forgot ......

The Gulf War Syndrome is shared by many veterans of the Gulf War in Iraq.  No one is sure what it is.  There are two sides that debated this syndrome a ......