Not Exactly The Science We Were Taught
When you went to school, we were taught that certain inventions were created by famous scientists and that's why we have them today. Names like Edison, Bell, and other great minds helped to make our world better and that was that. If you wanted to get an "A", you had to follow what the teacher told you or you didn't pass. Sorry to say, these stories were often a bit simplified or completely wrong. Lies. They were parts of the propaganda that we were told because the history and science books said it was so. Here are five things we've heard about that aren't exactly the way we were taught. Read more...
Categories: Home and Living Tags: alexander graham bell, antonio meucci, assembly line, automobile, henry ford, incandescent light bulb, john fitch, karl benz, Law of Gravity, light bulb, ransom olds, robert fulton, sir isaac newton, steam boat, steam engine, steam ship, the clermont, thomas edison, wizard of menlo park
Five People Born on April 13
Today is April 13, 2010 and the 103rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 262 days left in the year 2010. According the Mayan calendar, there are 983 days till the end of the current cycle. On this date, in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is founded in New York City. Here are five people born on this day. Read more...
Categories: Born On Date Tags: alexander graham bell, antonio meucci, butch cassidy, don adams, guy fawkes, sundance kid, the gunpowder plot, thomas jefferson
