A Brief History Thomas Parker, described by Lord Kelvin as “the Edison of Europe”, built the first practical production electric car in London in 1884, using his own specially designed high-capacity rechargeable batteries. Today, over 130 years later, data from WeBuyAnyCar.com in the UK reveals that owning an electric car will make perfect sense for the average driver by 2022. This year is the tipping point for when it will become cheaper to power a car with a battery rather than gas. Digging Deeper Question for students (and subscribers) to ponder: Have you ever owned an electric car? If you liked this article and…
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A Brief History Bingo may not seem like the most exciting activity, but it has been around for hundreds of years and still exists to this day. Although it is a bit more wacky now with live bingo games at sites such as umbingo, as well as musical bingo and drag queen bingo. Regular readers will know that we like to look into the history of most obscure things, in this article we are taking you back in time with bingo! Digging Deeper – Where Did Bingo Get its Start? So where did it all begin? There is no one answer…
A Brief History On July 27, 1816, US gunboat #154 fired a cannon shot regarded as the deadliest single cannonball ever fired by the US Navy. The so-called Battle of Negro Fort touched off what became General Andrew Jackson’s conquest of Florida, and was the first big battle of the First Seminole War. Digging Deeper During the War of 1812, the British had garrisoned a fort at Prospect Bluffs on the Apalachicola River of what was then Spanish Florida. With British Marines (1000 total British fighters) and several hundred Africans (free men and runaway slaves) the British had recruited as…
A Brief History On July 26, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Major General George McClellan as Commanding General of the Army of the Potomac, answering to the elderly General Winfield Scott. (See out article about The 4 Commanding Generals of the Union Army in the Civil War on July 23.) Today, we again address the bloodiest war in US history, and tell you about 10 things you may not know about this horrible period in American History. Digging Deeper 1. Was Abraham Lincoln a racist? Not only did Lincoln publicly state that he had no intention of trying to eliminate…
A Brief History On July 25, 2017, we celebrate National Hot Fudge Sundae Day. This tasty treat with (usually) vanilla ice cream covered in hot fudge may or may not be embellished with whipped cream, and/or nuts, and/or a cherry on top. Plus, you can shake things up by trying a different flavor of ice cream. Today we list 10 Favorite Frozen Treats (either our favorites or the most popular in the country). Digging Deeper 1. Hot Fudge Sundae. So darn good it gets its own holiday every July 25th. Probably the favorite type of sundae in the US, you can…