The idea of holding an All-Star Game was conceived during a meeting between NBA President Maurice Podoloff, NBA publicity director Haskell Cohen and Boston Celtics owner Walter A. Brown. At that time, the basketball world had just been stunned by the college basketball point-shaving scandal . The game is played…
Archimedes might have sprinted through the streets of Syracuse in his underwear – what we would today recognize as a tunic. Archimedes, (born c. 290–280 bc, Syracuse, Sicily—died 212/211 bc, Syracuse), Legendary Greek inventor and mathematician. His principal discoveries were the Archimedes screw, an ingenious device for raising water, and…
The Athenian definition of “citizens” was also different from modern-day citizens: only free men were considered citizens in Athens. Women, children, and slaves were not considered citizens and therefore could not vote. Each year 500 names were chosen from all the citizens of ancient Athens. Some Athenian citizens were far…
Although there seems to be no hard evidence that pterosaurs did not die out millions of years ago – no pterosaurs have ever been captured and no bodies have ever been found – sightings have persisted. Stories of flying reptiles have been recorded for many hundreds of years. The fact…
After John fatally stabs Ares, she sits down and signs, “Be seeing you, John.” This mirrors the climax of John Wick, where after John fatally stabs Viggo Tarasov, he sits and says the same phrase. After John Wick succeeded in assassinating Gianna D’Antonio, Ares led a team of goons to…
For this, Murphy was awarded the Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest award for gallantry in action. By the end of World War II, Murphy had become one of the nation’s most-decorated soldiers, earning an unparalleled 28 medals (including three from France and one from Belgium). Over the course…
Over a decade after being killed in the series finale, Anya returned as a ghost in the canonical comic book series Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Ten. Whedon stated early on that Anya was likely to appear in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight comic book series, although not…
Although she was born in Memphis, Tennessee, Aretha Franklin spent most of her early years in Detroit, Michigan, with her mother, a gospel singer, and her father, a Baptist minister. After her parents separated, Franklin remained with her father in Detroit. How much education did Aretha Franklin have? A high…
Murphy, the supreme war hero of his time, had emerged from a life of poverty and desperation in rural Texas; his mother had been ill most of his life, his father had deserted the family and Audie had been in charge of his brothers and sisters. ’’He was still helping…
“People don’t really understand and know that the Cold War was a real war with real casualties. Real people died.” Some 382 Americans were killed as a result of direct enemy action during the Cold War-those military actions between 1945 and 1991 beyond the scope of the Korean and Vietnam…