Many know of the drink’s history as being invented by John Pemberton while experimenting with painkillers that would serve as morphine-free alternatives to morphine. However, it escapes most people’s attention that Pemberton was a soldier for the Confederacy.Many know of the drink’s history as being invented by John PembertonJohn PembertonPemberton’s…
The simple answer to your question: ‘You misunderstood’ is correct. ‘You misunderstand’ must have other words before or after the phrase to be correct in your situation (as you indicated that it happened in the past). Misunderstanding is often used as a noun. It is actually a verb. Misunderstood is…
Elliot was married twice, the first time in 1963 to James Hendricks, her group mate in the Big 3 and the Mugwumps. It was a platonic arrangement to assist him in avoiding being drafted during the Vietnam War; the marriage was never consummated and was annulled in 1968. Cass was…
Ron and Hermione’s first kiss is an iconic moment in the Harry Potter movies, but its depiction in the books is far superior. One of the most memorable first kisses in movie history belongs to Hermione Granger and Ron Weasley of the Harry Potter series. Ron and Hermione aren’t expressing…
First appearance. The Rock Bell Phone (also called a Rock Phone) is a classic Stone Age telephone that first appeared in the episode, “The Swimming Pool” of the first season of the original series, The Flintstones and has remained an iconic objects in the franchise ever since, being one of…
Stone tools are the most common evidence of past Aboriginal activities in Australia. They occur in many places and are often found with other remains from Aboriginal occupation, such as shell middens and cooking hearths. They are most common near rivers and creeks. Aboriginal stone tools were highly sophisticated in…
Re: Would our soldiers get leave in WW2? There was something called Survivors leave, If you had been on a ship which was sunk or damaged, and then you were rescued, then you would get Survivors leave. In the five months following V-E Day (May 1945), over three million soldiers…
‘ The Rev Brown admitted that she had been at Skibo – but denied meeting Madonna, claiming to have coincidentally been there to see a church elder. The singer is anxious to avoid the chaotic scenes that accompanied her wedding to actor Sean Penn 15 years ago. Madonna and Guy…
Many African Americans, like Agrippa Hull and Prince Hall, did side with the Patriot cause. 5,000 black men served in the Continental Army, and hundreds more served on the sea. Had George Washington been less ambivalent, more blacks might have participated on the Patriot side than with the Loyalists. 5,000…
Trade began in the Predynastic Period in Egypt (c. 6000 – c. 3150 BCE) and continued through Roman Egypt (30 BCE-646 CE). For most of its history, ancient Egypt’s economy operated on a barter system without cash. Ancient Egyptians engaged in the barter system where, rather than buying goods from…