Warriors Of Clay
One of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the 20th century was product of pure chance. In 1924 a group of Chinese peasants digging a well earthed the shards of a Terra-Cotta statue of a...
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Thermometer
The Italian scientist Galileo (see pages 31 and 33) came very close to inventing the thermometer in 1592. He made an instrument called a ‘thermoscope’. In it, an open-ended tube was held over a...
Iron Steel
Today, there is iron or steel almost everywhere you look. Cars, buildings and appliance in the home all contain large amounts of iron. It is a material that can be found in many places...
Locks
The idea of the lock probably appeared independently in different parts of the world. The ancient Chinese had simple locks that could be undone with a sickle-shaped or hook-like key. Locks like this existed...
Men Without Hats
According to a Web stie dedicated to the band’s song “The Safety Dance,” founder Ivan Doroschuk and his two brothers refused to wear hats during Montreal’s cold winters, calling themselves “the men without hats.”
Sails
The first boats were simple dugout canoes or craft made of skin stretched over a wooden frame. They were propelled with paddles or oars. But sailing boats have a big advantage, because much bigger...
Top 10 Biggest Movies of All Time
Movie Year of Release Box Office ($ Worldwide) 1. Avatar 2009 2,787,965,087 2. Titanic 1997 2,186,772,302 3. The Avengers 2012 1,518,594,910 4. Furious 7 2015 1,499,723,320 5. Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015 1,371,528,000 6....
The Guess Who
This 1960s rock band from Winnipeg was named Chad allan & the Reflections when they recorded their first single. Trying to add some mystique (and maybe fool customers into thinking it was a more...
The Tragically Hip
When the 1960s made-for-TV Monkees split up, member Micheal Nesmith embarked on his own projects, trying to reclaim his sense of artistic integrity. In 1981 he made a movie called Elephant Parts that included...
Google Data Center – The Dalles
Google is one of the world’s leading internet companies, helping to shape modern culture while making an awful lot of money. As proprietors perhaps the world’s leading search engine, the business requires Vast Banks...
