This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.

Thomas Watson, Alexander Graham Bell’s assistant. His landlady complained about the excessive noise he was

In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned

Petroleum as a fuel source is on the wane.  We will not have another century

During the summer of 1919, a United States Army Major was assigned to a transcontinental

It was said that the Roman Emperor Caligula once declared war on Neptune, the God

Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and

There’s been a lot of talk about who was on the Titanic. How about the

Hummmmm…. According to a modern scholar – and you know how they are – it

St. Audry – also known as Æthelthryth (or Æðelþryð or Æþelðryþe; 4 March 636 – 23

Giuseppe Tartini (8 April 1692 – 26 February 1770) was an Italian composer and violinist. 

Historians believe that beer – invented in Sumeria around 600 BCE – was brewed by