WEIRD FACTS
Daniel Zender – By Martha Crenshaw SOURCE: New York Times 2021 Feb 10 – Dr. Crenshaw, the author of Countering Terrorism, has been teaching and writing about political science and terrorism since 1972. She is a senior fellow emerita at the Center for …
Kamaro Products’ stainless steel compost bin keeps your kitchen looking and smelling great. – 2021 Feb 11 – By now we should all know how important composting is for the environment, but many people are put off by the smell of rotting food …
The TIGER looks pretty zippy on a smooth piece of road, but when the legs come out it can get over, around or through just about anything. Hyundai View 7 Images – By Loz Blain 2021 Feb 09 – Hyundai dropped a lot of …
JohnTyler – Image 179070 – By Stan M. Haynes 2021 Feb 07 – Stan M. Haynes, a Baltimore attorney and historian, is currently working on a book of historical fiction set during the Tyler presidency. – An angry mob marches up Pennsylvania Avenue …
Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri speaks at a press conference on Monday, February 8, about the attempted hacking of the city of Oldsmar’s water treatment system. – By Amir Vera, Jamiel Lynch and Christina Carrega, CNN Updated 2021 Feb 08 – A hacker …
Anglican Rev. James Blair secured Willam and Mary’s royal charter in 1693. – By Tom McSweeney, Katharine Ello and Elsbeth O’Brien 2021 Feb 07 – Thomas J. McSweeney is the Robert and Elizabeth Scott Research Professor of Law at William & Mary Law …
Pirates did roam the Gulf Coast, but more myths than facts have inspired the regional folklore. Taken in 1922, the ship José Gaspar passes the Lafayette Street Bridge in Tampa during the Gasparilla Festival (University of South Florida Library) – By Nora McGreevy …
Few events in American history have matched the Framers’ definition as clearly as the insurrection of January 6th. Photograph by Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu Agency / Getty – By Jeannie Suk Gersen SOURCE: The New Yorker 2021 Jan 28 – For years, Carlton F. W. …
Adding capsaicin, the chemical responsible for making chile peppers spicy, improved the efficiency of solar cells in experiments. A group of perovskite solar cells that have been treated with capsaicin. (Jin Yang) – By Alex Fox SmithsonianMag.Com 2021 Feb 02 – New research …
North Korea has a long history of hacking targets in the U.S. Chris Price/Flickr, CC BY-ND – By Paulo Shakarian, Associate Professor of Computer Science, Arizona State University 2021 Feb 04 – North Korean hackers have staged an audacious attack targeting cybersecurity researchers, …
