A Brief History On September 16, 1979, the Rap music trio The Sugarhill Gang released their hit, “Rapper’s Delight,” the first Rap song to land in the Billboard Top 40 as a mainstream hit song.  Today, we ask our music loving fans, “What is the greatest Rap Song of All Time?” Digging Deeper We list some to choose from, but feel free to name your own pick: “Rapper’s Delight,” Sugarhill Gang, 1979 “The Message,” Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, 1982 “Baby Got Back,” Sir Mix-a-Lot, 1992 “I Used to Love H.E.R.,” Common, 1994 “Criminal,” Eminem, 2000 “Lose Yourself,” Eminem,…

A Brief History On September 15, 1948, a North American F-86 Sabre flew at a world record 671 miles per hour.  The Sabre was a superb aircraft and became the most produced jet fighter of all the Western countries with a production run of 9860 of all varieties. (See our many aviation and airplane related articles.) Digging Deeper Today we ask you, our expert audience, to tell us which jet fighter deserves to be named as the Greatest of All Time.  We list a few contenders, but you can name your own nominees as well. North American F-86 Sabre, USA. …

A Brief History On September 14, 326 A.D., Helena of Constantinople made one of the greatest discoveries in Christian history when she found the Holy Sepulchre (the crypt where Jesus was entombed) and the True Cross in Jerusalem.  This so called “True Cross” upon which Jesus is said to have been crucified, has been split up and sold to unsuspecting believers over the years, with enough “splinters” to build an entire forest of Redwood trees! Digging Deeper Many blatant, easily disputed religious scams have taken place, and we list a few for you to choose from as the Biggest Religious…

A Brief History On September 13, 1977, American automotive giant General Motors made one of the epic blunders of its long business history when it introduced the Oldsmobile Diesel engine, a lame attempt to quickly gain an advantage in the race to improve the miles per gallon performance of its cars in order to compete with more fuel-efficient foreign cars. Digging Deeper Produced from 1978 to 1985, the General Motors automotive diesel engine was not a true diesel built from the ground up as a rugged and reliable oil burner, but hastily adapted 6 and 8 cylinder gasoline engines made…

A Brief History On September 12, 2013, the American space agency, NASA, reported that its spacecraft, Voyager 1, had become the first ever man-made object to leave our solar system. Digging Deeper Known as “interstellar space,” the space beyond our own solar system is also described as the “Heliopause,” a region beyond the reach of the “solar wind” effects of our sun.  Interstellar space is also roughly described as space beyond any of the orbiting planets, planetoids, and other space objects that go around our sun. In numbers you may be able to relate to, interstellar space begins about 11…