Franklin stove, type of wood-burning stove, invented by Benjamin Franklin (c. 1740), that was used to warm frontier dwellings, farmhouses, and urban homes for more than 200 years.Franklin stoveFranklin stoveThe Franklin stove is a metal-lined fireplace named after Benjamin Franklin, who invented it in 1742. It had a hollow baffle…
1- 12% of people dream entirely in black and white. … 2- Two thirds of a cat’s life is spent asleep. … 3- A giraffe only needs 1.9 hours of sleep a day, whereas a brown bat needs 19.9 hours a day. … 4- Humans spend 1/3 of their life…
Waraji are arguably the simplest footwear on our list. These straw-rope sandals were the basic everyday footwear of old Japan. In the feudal era, samurai, as well as soldiers called ‘ashigaru,’ were known to have worn this type of shoe. Waraji (草鞋), are sandals made from rice straw rope that,…
The Legend of Sleepy HollowThe Legend of Sleepy HollowA boy named Ian Matthews moves to Sleepy Hollow, where he develops a crush on a girl named Katie. On Halloween night, they see the ghost of Ichabod Crane and send him over the bridge that the Headless Horseman cannot cross, unintentionally…
Willis reportedly agreed to appear on Friends if Perry was right, which he was, and the rest is history. Willis confirmed that he had indeed appeared on the much-loved sitcom after losing a bet to Perry – who of course played Chandler Bing – during a 2018 interview with Wired.…
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval today defended the execution of 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon, saying it was wrong to claim that Yakub was penalised as his brother Tiger Memon, the mastermind of the attack, was not caught. Khan, a close aide of the blasts conspiracy mastermind Tiger Memon,…
By Wayne Pernu. Jimi Hendrix’s performance of “Star Spangled Banner” at Woodstock was a turning point in the history of the counter-culture movement. Clague entitled: This is America: Jimi Hendrix’s StarSpangled Banner Journey as Psychedelic Citizenship. He breaks down the highlights of Jimi performing the national anthem 63 times over…
He is therefore younger than Plato’s circle, but older than Eratosthenes and Archimedes; for these were contemporaries, as Eratosthenes somewhere says. He was born in around 325 BC, was probably educated in Plato’s school in Athens, and he taught mathematics in Alexandria, the great new city of commerce and academia…
One of his first roles ever was actually portraying his father, Rocky Johnson, another big-time wrestler, during the That ’70s Show episode, “That Wrestling Show,” in Season 1. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson played a wrestler named Rocky Johnson on season one. Real-life pro wrestler Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson (billed as…
During the Battle of Mogadishu, Durant piloted an MH-60 Blackhawk when it was shot down by a rocket-propelled grenade. Despite the helicopter’s crash, Durant survived and defended himself with an MP5 submachine gun with the help of Sergeant First Class Randall Shughart and Master Sergeant Gary Gordon. They died defending…