Reading Time: < 1 minute The youngest Australian Prime Minister was John Christian Watson at 37 years, 18 days in 1904, the oldest was John McEwen at 67 years, 265 days in 1967. Both served less than 4 months in office. <source>
Reading Time: 2 minutes TNT’s original use was not for explosives at all, it was originally used as a yellow dye. It seems particularly confounding now that the world’s most popular explosive wasn’t originally used to blow things up. The original TNT use When it was developed in 1863, Trinitrotoluene, or as it’s more commonly known, TNT was originally used as …
Reading Time: 2 minutes When it comes to the lovable plush toy known as teddy bears, have you ever thought for a moment or two how teddy bears got their name? The favorite children’s toy of past time, the teddy bear, was named after US President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt. It got the name following an incident in November …
Reading Time: 2 minutes U-1206 was one of the late war boats equipped with a new deep water, high pressure toilet that allowed it to be used while running in deep waters. It was a sophisticated setup and required special technicians who were trained to operate them. On 14 April, 1945, U1206 was cruising 61m (200 feet) below the …
Reading Time: 2 minutes It is perhaps one of, if not the most famous painting in the world. The painting by Leonardo da Vinci called Mona Lisa. It has been the focus of intense study for generations, from the smile to the eyes and the lack of eyebrows. That’s what brings us to this fact. Like most people, I bet …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Perhaps one of the biggest time waster in the office since the advent of the water cooler would have to be solitaire on Microsoft Windows. Originally a simple one player card game, it made its transition to the digital world as part of a package with Microsoft Windows. But it begs the question. Why did …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Without a doubt one of the darkest chapters in American history would be that of slavery. Slaves, who were black people from Africa, were bought and sold like cattle, and forced to work their entire life for their owners. There was no limitation on age or gender or the hours they would work. But slavery …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Oh my God were we a sexist and bigoted society. The ever popular game of mini golf was invented in 1867 so women could play the game. Of course, today this would be completely ridiculed as being sexist. However, it wasn’t men who developed the miniature version of the game. It was women that invented the …
Reading Time: 2 minutes During the Great Depression of the late 1920’s and 1930’s, one of the most renowned criminal figure heads in America ran a charity. It was Al Capone’s soup kitchen for displaced workers in Chicago. But surely there’s more to the story than generosity. Al Capone rose to infamy during Prohibition. As the head of a …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes How tall was Napoleon Bonaparte? It’s an age old question that is steeped in mystery and myth. For the best part of two hundred years we have all thought that he was really rather short, the “little corporal” as he was affectionately known. There has been plenty of evidence and hearsay to say that he …
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