WEIRD HISTORY
In first on-camera interview since accidental film-set shooting, actor says there is only one question: ‘where did the live round come from?’ “I would never point a gun at anyone and pull a trigger at them. Never,” said Alec Baldwin of the Rust …
This electromechanical machine, used in the 1890 U.S. census, was the first automated data processing system. Niall Kennedy/Flickr, CC BY-NC – By David Lindsay Roberts, Adjunct Professor of Mathematics, Prince George’s Community College 2021 Dec 01 – The U.S. Constitution requires that a …
The ABC News correspondent offers a sobering glimpse of a man unfit to govern and the chaos wreaked by an ego unable to grasp its own ineptitude. Donald Trump: ‘An existential fraud who admits his unease by referring to himself in the third …
America’s iconic orange cracker turns 100. Cheez-It’s 11-month shelf life is impressive, but so is the company’s history. Photo by mikemarschke/Getty Images – By Leo DeLuca Smithsonian Magazine – Dayton’s historic Edgemont neighborhood is cocooned inside a crook in the Great Miami River, …
This activity provides an interactive tour of the Santa Fe Trail. Santa Fe Trail – ronaldkilwesternart.com/works Listen The Dustlands The Santa Fe Trail was an historic trail from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico used in the 1800’s for trade and military …
Digital art is a billion-dollar business, with everyone from Paris Hilton to Damien Hirst trading in ‘non-fungible tokens’. But are NFTs just a get-rich-quick scheme masquerading as culture? A motley crew of celebrities have tried selling digital art, including Snoop Dogg, Lindsay Lohan …
Not everyone is a fan of Turkey Day. E4C via Getty Images – By Jack Lynch, Professor of English, Rutgers University – Newark 2021 Nov 22 – “Meleagris Gallopavo Day” is a bit of a mouthful. Which may be why this Thanksgiving, most …
In the 19th century, there was a campaign to link the Thanksgiving holiday to the Pilgrims. Bettman/Getty Images – By Peter C. Mancall, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2021 Nov 22 – This …
A new book tells the story of the painstaking process to preserve the 1,200-year-old Faddan More Psalter. Letters and fragments from the Faddan More Psalter. Photograph: National Museum of Ireland – By Lisa O’Carroll in Dublin Last modified on 2021 Nov 21 – …
The first Intel 4004 chip. Intel View 12 Images By David Szondy 2021 Nov 19 – This month marks the 50th anniversary of Intel’s 4004 processor, the first commercially available microprocessor built on a single chip. Originally designed for a Japanese desk calculator, …
