The last earthquake in San Leandro occurred 27 minutes ago: Minor mag. 1.8 earthquake – 10km E of Hidden Valley Lake, CA, on Tuesday, May 24, 2022 at 7:42 am (GMT -7). The last earthquake in San Leandro occurred 27 minutes ago: Minor mag. 1.8 earthquake – 10km E of…
Fans of “Cast Away,” the 2000 survival drama starring Tom Hanks, must have been happy to see the actor throwing the first pitch at the Cleveland Guardians’ Opening Day on Friday. The film features Hanks as a FedEx systems analyst who washes up on an uninhabited island after his plane…
Dungeons, as a whole, have become associated with underground complexes of cells and torture chambers. As a result, the number of true dungeons in castles is often exaggerated to interest tourists. Many chambers described as dungeons or oubliettes were in fact water-cisterns or even latrines. To me an oubliette is…
Albert Einstein once wrote on a blackboard: “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.” As Cameron once said, “… not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted” (1963, p. 13). Albert Einstein once wrote on…
For Leonardo’s last three years in France, he lived in the Loire Valley where he died at the age of 67. For Leonardo’s last three years in France, he lived in the Loire Valley where he died at the age of 67. Leonardo invited King Francis I of France to…
Though she was married for 41 years to fellow Cuban musician Pedro Knight, Cruz never had kids, but she loved Pabon’s children and grandchildren like her own—including Manzo, who was too young to remember meeting Cruz but grew up hearing her abuela’s tales of their adventures. Knight is survived by…
In the show, The Tallest are meant to be the leaders of the Irken race strictly based on their height. They’re not intelligent, they’re not nice, they’re not even great leaders at all. The relationship between Zim and the Almighty Tallest can best be described as tumultuous, at least from…
Moses is blamed for having destroyed more than a score of neighborhoods by building 13 expressways across New York City and by building large urban renewal projects with little regard for the urban fabric or for human scale. In 1933 Moses was appointed head of the New York City Parks…
Unlike Cranston, Hart did not fly in any of the scenes. As a result, filming Hart “paragliding” required some creativity, including a flying rig that hung from a crane, a shade structure simulating the glider’s canopy, and a large fan for wind. In the film, Cranston and Hart have a…
Tightrope walker Charles Blondin once crossed a volcanic crater on a tightrope. Tightrope walker Charles Blondin was known for many famous daring stunts, including crossing the Niagara Falls, but he did not cross the crater of a volcano. The famous Blondin made his first crossing of Niagara Falls on June…