Salmon sometimes have trouble getting over today's manmade dams. Whooshh Innovations' salmon cannon can provide an interesting solution. Salmon are truly awe-inspiring creatures. They can swim hundreds of miles against river currents without eating, jump up to 12 feet in the air over rocky outcrops, and grow to a size of five feet and 97 pounds.
What they can’t do, however, is conquer modern man’s giant dams. But that’s where the salmon cannon comes in. Read More...
The quote “Let them eat cake” had been attributed to noblewomen before Marie Antoinette, but a propaganda campaign against her by French revolutionaries forever associated it with France's last queen.Universal History Archive/Getty ImagesA portrait of Marie Antoinette by Jean-Baptiste Gautier Dagoty.
It’s one of the most infamous stories in history: When told that French peasants were so poor they couldn’t afford bread, Queen Marie Antoinette replied, “Let them eat cake.” This legend has been passed down for centuries, contributing to the narrative that the 18th-century French queen could not care less about her people. Read More...
While Thomas Jefferson was the main author of the Declaration of Independence, the congressional committee of John Adams, Ben Franklin, Roger Sherman, and Robert Livingston played an important role.If you’ve ever wondered who wrote the Declaration of Independence, you’ll probably be surprised to learn that there wasn’t just one author. It may help to take a step back to a hot, humid day in June of 1776 when the document first began to take shape. Read More...
