Magnesium was first isolated by Sir Humphry Davy, an English chemist, through the electrolysis of a mixture of magnesium oxide (MgO) and mercuric oxide (HgO) in 1808. Today, magnesium can be extracted from the minerals dolomite (CaCO3·MgCO3) and carnallite (KCl·MgCl2·6H2O), but is most often obtained from seawater. Magnesium is an…
1896 Ford QuadricycleFord QuadricycleThe Quadricycle was Henry Ford’s first attempt to build a gasoline-powered automobile. It utilized commonly available materials: angle iron for the frame, a leather belt and chain drive for the transmission, and a buggy seat. Ford had to devise his own ignition system.https://www.thehenryford.org › digital-collections › artifact1896…
Until the 1860, football, soccerfootball, soccerAsian handicap betting is a form of betting on football in which teams are handicapped according to their form so that a stronger team must win by more goals for a bet on them to win. The system originated in Indonesia and has gained popularity…
According to some sources the invention of the first wearable pair of eyeglasses occurred in the 13th century in Italy. Salvino D’Armate probably invented eyeglasses in around 1285, though various sources suggest an earlier origin. He shared the invention of his new device with Allesandro della Spina,… The reading stone…
Rap music is usually traced back to such late 70s offerings as the Fatback Band’s “King Tim III” and Sugarhill’s “Rapper’s Delight”, which were the first rap/hip-hop records. The first rap song to get commercially released was “King Tim III (Personality Jock)” by the Fatback Band. However this song was…
While most early pretzels were of the soft variety, a German baker in Lititz, Pa., Julius Sturgis, reportedly started the first commercial pretzel bakery in 1861 and claimed credit as the creator of the first true hard pretzels. The specific origins of the pretzel is somewhat shrouded in mystery. There…
At the top of the stele is a bas relief depicting the Babylonian God of Justice, Shamash, giving a set of laws to Hammurabi. Shamash also gifts the Babylonian ruler the rod and the ring, symbols of monarchy and divine justice. Stele with Law Code of Hammurabi. The laws, written…
Tom Six (born 29 August 1973) is a Dutch filmmaker, writer, and actor. He is best known for his trilogy of body horror films; The Human Centipede (First Sequence), The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence), and The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence). The Human Centipede (First Sequence) From Wikipedia, the…
Spanish conquistador Hernando de SotoHernando de SotoDe Soto’s family was of minor nobility and modest means, and at a very young age he developed dreams of making his fortune in the New World. Around the age of 14, de Soto left for Seville, where he got himself included on an…
Constantinople stood as the seat of the Byzantine Empire for the next 1,100 years, enduring periods of great fortune and horrific sieges, until being overrun by Mehmed II of the Ottoman Empire in 1453. This history of the Byzantine Empire covers the history of the Eastern Roman Empire from late…