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No Fathers’ Day Present for This Creep!

By Major Dan on May 2, 2020 Crime, Health/Medicine, May 2, Politics

A Brief History On May 2, 2020, we look back to 2008, when a British man was convicted of the horrendous crime of incest with his 2 daughters, sexual unions (rapes actually) that resulted in the birth of 7 children! This domestic rapist kept up his sexual predation for a whopping 25 years before it was finally stopped, earning his sordid affair the nickname of “Sheffield incest case.” Digging Deeper The identity of this candidate for Bad Father of the Year has been concealed by the British courts in order to protect the privacy of both of his daughters and…

Coronavirus Claims Another Victim, Urbana University!

By Major Dan on April 22, 2020 April 22, Business and Economics, Education, Health/Medicine, Nature

A Brief History On April 22, 2020, the pandemic of the COVID-19, or SARS-CoV-2, or better known as “coronavirus,” has claimed another victim, as reported by the Cincinnati Enquirer, in this case the venerable Urbana University, an Ohio college that was only the second institute of higher learning in the United States to admit women as students alongside men. Digging Deeper Urbana University, founded in 1850, has been ailing financially for several years, and was acquired by Franklin University in 2014 and operated as a branch of that institution. The school, located near Columbus, Ohio, in the city of Urbana…

First Large Scale Use of Lethal Gas in World War I

By Major Dan on April 22, 2020 April 22, Health/Medicine, Inventions, Military

A Brief History On April 22, 1915, the Imperial German Army used chlorine gas in large quantities for the first time at Ypres, in Belgium, targeting French colonial troops. Previous use of irritant (tear gasses) substances had previously been attempted by both side with little practical effect. The shift to gas that could disable and kill people was a tremendous escalation in the chemical war aspect of World War I (1914-1918), then known as “The Great War.” (Not so “great” if the enemy uses lethal gas against you!) Digging Deeper While people have engaged in warfare for thousands of years,…

5 Days You Look Forward To/5 Days You Don’t Look Forward To! (Corona-Redux)

By Major Dan on April 15, 2020 April 15, Health/Medicine, Humor, Lifestyle, Lists

A Brief History On April 15, 2016, we ran an article acknowledging April 15th as the day your income tax return must be filed by each year in the United States, and used that fact to list 5 days people really look forward to and 5 other days many people may dread. Today we do it all again, with an updated list for both columns that takes into account the changing nature of our society, or as you may have guessed already, coronavirus. As always, we welcome your input on days we could have added to the list or should…

A Video Timeline/Playlist of Diseases and Pandemics in History

By Dr. Zar on April 11, 2020 Health/Medicine

A Brief History As I write this article, the world is currently experiencing a global pandemic unlike anything I can ever recall happening in my lifetime and as such, I first want to say that I hope that my students and subscribers are all doing as well as they can be given the current circumstances many are facing around the world. As an educator, I also think it is important for all of us to be informed about the history of events and issues that still affect us today. Thus, this article presents some playlists hosted on this site’s YouTube…