A 4 Jun 1975 LAHExam news item stated that the American Humane Association put Bite the Bullet on a list of pictures for the organization’s members to avoid, suggesting that horses were improperly treated on set. Brooks vehemently denied the allegation, stating that no horse died or was injured during…
Ovando rewarded his victorious commander by appointing him frontier governor of the newly conquered province, then named Higüey also. Ponce de León received a substantial land grant which authorized sufficient Indian slave labor to farm his new estate. The Spanish, under Ponce de Leon, made the local natives (called the…
For a period of about two years, Lee and Norris trained and worked out together in Norris’ backyard. According to Norris, their training together never involved an actual fight, but he has admitted in the past that some “sparring” did occur in their training. Norris trained under the instruction of…
Kolkhoz markets were set up for artisans and peasants to sell their homemade goods. The State regulated the amount of participation in these markets but prices were allowed to float. This floating caused the prices at these markets to normally be higher than prices in the closed distribution stores. The…
It is revealed that Arnold’s parents were victims of a type of sickness that caused them and all the adults to fall into a deep sleep. Luckily, a cure is found and Arnold gets to return home to his parents. Show creator Craig Bartlett told the AV Club that this…
Peter Krajiek The crafty, dishonest Bohemian immigrant who sold the Shimerdas their farm and asked much more for it than it was worth. Wick (Wycliffe) Cutter and Mrs. Cutter Black Hawk’s moneylender is morally and socially bankrupt. He has grown rich by cheating the townspeople. Ambrosch comes back with a…
Although it appears that for the most part, the Mound Builders had left Ohio before Columbus arrived in the Caribbean, there were still a few Native Americans using burial practices similar to what the Mound Builders used. This type of activity disappeared completely some 300 years ago. Mound Builders Name…
In fact, countless reports about the origin of scissors are wrong: they weren’t invented by Leonardo da Vinci, since they appear historically in much earlier times than the Florentine genius. Although the actual inventor of scissors is hard to identify, Robert Hinchliffe, of Sheffield, England, should be rightfully acknowledged as…
Charlton Heston, a Hollywood leading man for six decades, died Saturday night at his home in Beverly Hills. At 84, he had been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. He passed away from complications of Alzheimer’s (pneumonia) on 5 April 2008 only 5 years and 4 months after his diagnosis in early…
“Edison has always received the major credit for inventing the lightbulb, because of his development of the power lines and other equipment needed to establish the incandescent lamp in a practical lighting system,” the Britannica entry said. 1879 — Thomas Edison developed his carbon-filament bulb, enclosed in a superior vacuum…