Alaska Purchase Check
After many years of negotiations with the Tsar, the United States buys Russia’s huge frozen chunk of North America for two cents per acre, leaving some Americans to question if Alaska’s worth that much....
May 2019
Golden Gate Bridge
Building the Golden Gate Bridge was a mammoth task in the 1930s. The bridge connects San Francisco to Marin Country in California, US. The region is well known for its strong winds, fogs and...
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...
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...
