Dragons of Atlantis is a free browser based online strategy game by Kabam. Join one of four nations in a fight for survival as players harness the power of the ancient ones and unleash dragons on their foes. Conquer the land, harness the wisdom of a lost civilization and join…
Nazi Germany is the first to use helicopters in combat. Fa223, Fl265 y Fl282 were used for rescue, artillery spotting and convoys submarine protection. Tuesday, June 25, 1935: The first flight of the Breguet-Dorand Gyroplane, an aircraft with two rotors mounted one above the other, took place in France. The…
During the eastern campaign of Alexander the Great (356-323 BCE), Greek and Macedonian soldiers first encountered elephants in Assyria, at the Battle of Gaugamela (331 BCE), where they were, however, apparently not deployed. The history of elephants in Europe dates back to the time of the Roman Empire, but previously,…
Sikorsky R-4, the world’s first production helicopter, which served U.S. and British armed forces in World War II. An experimental version of the aircraft first flew in 1942. What types of planes were used in WW1? Bristol Type 22 – British two-seater fighter plane. Fokker Eindecker – Single-seat German fighter…
Automatic elevators began to appear as early as the 1920s, their development being hastened by striking elevator operators which brought large cities dependent on skyscrapers (and therefore their elevators) such as New York and Chicago to their knees. Self service elevators were not allowed in New York City until 1922.…
By the mid-1970s the movement had waned, and by the 1980s hippies had given way to a new generation of young people who were intent on making careers for themselves in business and who came to be known as yuppies (young urban professionals). VERMONT. The home state of Phish,and Ben&Jerry’s…
Elk Grove Elk Dies Days After Being Sedated For Annual Medical Exam. An elk living in a herd in the 17-acre Cook County Forest Preserve pen at Arlington Heights and Higgins roads died Tuesday, March 8, according to a Cook County Forest Preserve District spokesman. Yes Virginia, Elk Grove Village…
New factories employed hundreds of people, including many small children, whose nimble hands made light-work of spinning. Many factories were dismal and highly dangerous, often likened to prisons, where workers encountered harsh discipline enforced by factory owners. At that time the large factories were run by water power, which meant…
During the Roman Republic, there were watchmen that served as firefighters. They used water buckets to put out fires and axes to tear down buildings near the fire in order to prevent the fire from spreading. The aediles and tresviri nocturni were also employed to fight fires. In AD 60…
Insects reached their biggest sizes about 300 million years ago during the late Carboniferous and early Permian periods. This was the reign of the predatory griffinflies, giant dragonfly-like insects with wingspans of up to 28 inches (70 centimeters). Devonian Carboniferous Permian Jurassic Cretaceous. An Ithonidae lacewing. Eocene. A dolichoderine ant.…