Mr Sheen is the brand name of a range of cleaning materials, mainly floor and furniture polish, created in Australia in the 1950s by Samuel Taylor Pty Ltd. Furniture Polish. Background. Furniture polishes are pastes, creams, or lotions used to clean, protect, and shine wooden furniture. These products were originally…
One name stands out amongst all others when the founder of modern anesthesia is discussed, William T.G. Morton (1819-1868). A young Boston Dentist, Dr. Morton had been in the search for a better agent than what had been used by many dentists: nitrous oxide. An anaesthetic machine ( British English)…
The reason that they may never find happiness is because they don’t look for it and if they do they are not looking very far. Sometimes its also because they have been through something that was traumatic and that situation makes it hard for them to find the happiness they…
Real Fact #807 – Shakespeare invented the word “assassination” and “bump.”. —Snapple Real Facts. We’re sorry to diminish anyone’s faith in the infallibility of Snapple Real Facts, but assassination was in use for at least several decades before Shakespeare first used it. One of the earliest accounts of a historical…
It was first in 1914, that a British physician Dr. Eric Gardner commissioned a shellacked canvas to protect a rider’s head. This is how the first helmet was born. The idea for the first motorcycle helmet came from Dr. Eric Gardner. But as to the physical creation of the helmet,…
Background and composition. “Boom Clap” is an electropop ballad, written by Charli XCX, Fredrik Berger, Patrik Berger and Stefan Gräslund. Is it hard to start the boom snap clap hand game? It shouldn’t be, but if you find it difficult, you’ll get better with a little bit of practice. Thanks!…
Its start in 1963, though, was anything but legendary. The Improvisation was founded in New York City by Broadway producer Budd Friedman. The most direct ancestor of modern improv is probably the Commedia Dell’Arte, which was popular throughout europe for almost 200 starting in the mid-1500’s. Troupes of performers would…
Cribbage History Cribbage is one of the earliest and most enduring of the Classic Card Games. Although there is some myth as to the origin of the game, its creation is generally credited to an Englishman, Sir John Suckling (1609-1642). Cribbage was known as “Noddy” prior to the modification of…
During the reign of King Edward II, in the early 14th century, the inch was defined as “three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end lengthwise.” At various times the inch has also been defined as the combined lengths of 12 poppyseeds. Since 1959 the inch has…
Here’s a quick look at the history of decision trees: 1963: The Department of Statistics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison writes that the first regression tree was invented in 1963 (AID project, Morgan and Sonquist). It had an impurity measure (we’ll get to that soon) and recursively split data into…