What about the average pay? It was $71.33 per month for enlisted personnel between 1941 and 1945, and $203.50 a month for officers, according to the National WW II Museum. That lowest pay of $50 a month works out to $600 a year – or $8,082 a year in today’s…
1- Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second. 2- 36% of all pizza orders want their pizza topped with pepperoni. 3- 94% of Americans eat pizza regularly. 4- Over 5 billion pizzas are sold worldwide each year. Here are list of the 100…
His forces used the kukri, and Nepalese soldiers later encountered by the British during the Anglo-Nepalese War carried kukris. The use of them then spread to the British Army since Gurkhas who joined the British Army after the war brought the knives with them. There are many famous knives and…
In 1578, Raleigh sailed to America with explorer Sir Humphrey Gilbert, his half brother. This expedition may have stimulated his plan to found a colony there. In 1585, he sponsored the first English colony in America on Roanoke Island (now North Carolina). Sir Walter Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth In 1587,…
Aside from the family holidays to Newquay, Golding grew up in Marlborough, Wiltshire. His father, Alec, was born in Bristol in 1876, and became a teacher. Through a teaching post in Newquay, he met Golding’s mother, Mildred, and they married in Truro Cathedral in 1906. Did William Golding have a…
In Old Norse, seiðr (sometimes anglicized as seidhr, seidh, seidr, seithr, seith, or seid) was a type of magic which was practised in Norse society during the Late Scandinavian Iron Age. The practice of seiðr is believed to be a form of magic which is related to both the telling…
John Wayne accidentally shot Ward Bond on a hunting trip. Even a gun wound could not break up the best friends. Ward left the shotgun to Wayne in his will. Bond died of a heart attack on the fourth season of ’Wagon Train.’ Bond shockingly passed on November 5, 1960.…
A Social Darwinist and Conservative in thought, Sumner worked continuously in charting the evolution of human customs, folkways and mores. He believed that these forces, developed naturally through the course of evolution, made any attempts for social reform useless. William Graham Sumner was influenced by many people and ideas such…
It was a common drinking vessel in the Viking Age but because of its low resistance to heat. Since they were easily breakable, ceramic cups weren’t used often, even during large gatherings where many people would bump into each other. The reality is that fresh water was the most common…
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