Common gold questions. Information about the California gold rush, when it started and who was president. At the time of the California Gold Rush in 1848, the United States president was James Knox Polk. The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was found by James…
The ancient beliefs were subjected to testing. In 1668, Francesco Redi challenged the idea that maggots arose spontaneously from rotting meat. In the first major experiment to challenge spontaneous generation, he placed meat in a variety of sealed, open, and partially covered containers. The Disproving of Spontaneous Generation Theory 1…
Cicero is usually considered one of Rome’s greatest orators, and also one of the best speakers in History. Today we list 10 of those people that delivered inspirational messages via the spoken medium, whether we agree with their messages or not, and some of these people we admit we do…
Višeslav (Serbian Cyrillic: Вишеслав; Greek: Βοϊσέσθλαβος) or Vojislav (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав), is the first Serbian ruler known by name, who ruled in c. 780. Serbia was a Slavic principality, subject to the Byzantine Empire, located in the western Balkans, bordering with Bulgaria in the east. This is an archontological list…
How David Dunn is connected to the ending of Split (ending explained) Well, simple. The story of Split is happening in the same universe as Unbreakable, 15 years after. In the last scene when people are watching the news about the kidnapping of the girls, it is mentioned that their…
History of Settlement. Following the Black Hawk War in 1832, the U.S. Government established the Black Hawk Purchase, an area extending 50 miles west of the Mississippi River along the eastern border of the Territory of Iowa. Iowa’s First White Settlers The first official white settlement in Iowa began in…
Despite facing years of sexual assault allegations, Danny MastersonDanny MastersonEarly years A child model from age four, who was featured in magazine articles as well as television commercials beginning at age five, Masterson starred in musicals as a child at the age of eight, and began acting as well. His…
Dame Eleanor Fulton Laing, DBE (née Pritchard, born 1 February 1958) is a British politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Epping Forest constituency since 1997. A member of the Conservative PartyConservative PartyThe Conservative Party, officially the Conservative and Unionist Party, and also known colloquially as the…
The following is a list of all the major statistics and records for the 2007 Cricket World Cup held in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007. Though India were eliminated early, they set the ODI record for the highest victory margin in their 257 run win…
8 Surrealist Photographers You Should Know, from Dora Maar to Man Ray. In 1924, with André Breton’s Surrealist Manifesto, Surrealism was born. Drawn to the writings of Sigmund Freud, artists of the movement explored the unconscious in their works. From the famous Man Ray to the more recent Erik Johansson,…