After Drew suddenly pitches forward into the water, Lewis exclaims that Drew has been shot, but they can find no evidence of a bullet wound when they later find his body (although they don’t do a very thorough search). Some viewers have suggested that he suffered a stroke or heart…
The G8 GT averages a fuel economy of 15/24 mpg (city/highway). A 6-speed manual was being considered as an option on the GT model, but Pontiac decided against offering it, stating that it would instead be offered as an option on the G8 GXP. While available, the G8 took the…
Adorning Christmas trees with candles is part of our Christmas DNA. Our ancestors were decking out their trees with candles for hundreds of years before electric tree lights came into vogue. This patent from 1901 shows an early pendulum candle holder. It’s a way to connect to the past. It…
April 1877: A telephone line connects the workshop of Charles Williams, Jr., located in Boston, to his house in Somerville, Massachusetts at 109 Court Street in Boston, where Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson had previously experimented with their telephone. The telephones became No. 1 and 2 in the Bell…
A very common type of photo produced in the 19th century were carte-de-viste (CDVs). They were first introduced in the 1850s in Paris, France by Andre Adolphe Eugene Disderi. CDVs became very popular in both the United States and Europe until the turn of the 20th century. Characterized by a…
Between 1790 and 1820 they tended to be like houses where all prisoners not in solitary confinement lived in common rooms and ate in large dining halls. It was difficult to avoid putting more and more offenders in the large rooms, and this caused overcrowding and management problems. Prison punishment.…
Snake Pits Yes, this is exactly what it sounds like. Viet Cong guerrillas would often carried Bamboo Pit Vipers in their packs to (hopefully) kill anyone who searches through them. They would also tie the deadly snakes to bamboo and hide them throughout their tunnel complexes. When the Bamboo was…
Modern stoves are a snap to use — turn up the heat, put in the food and remove it when it’s done. In the late 1800s, cooking on a stove was a much more arduous task. Women also had to rub cast-iron stoves with black wax to prevent the metal…
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Saturday’s rain is washing the Mummers Parade away for New Year’s Day. It’s now being postponed until Sunday. It’s been 730 days since the last Mummers Parade was held on Jan. 1, 2020. There was no Mummers Parade last year because of the pandemic. The men participated…
RCA NBC/RCA’s television station W2XBS (CBS had W2XAB on the air 1931-32) Television in the 1920s RCA 60-line RCA TV, circa 1929 Television in the 1920s Bell Labs/AT&T Herbert Ives, with large display. (AT&T used a flying spot scanner) Television in the 1920s Secretary of Commerce Hoover on TV in…