Less than three months before Germany surrendered in World War II, the Allies' four-day firebombing of Dresden leveled the city center and killed 25,000 people, mostly civilians. More than 3,900 tons of high-explosive bombs and incendiary devices were dropped on Dresden.royaloperahouse/Flickr More than 75,000 homes were destroyed, along with pieces of historical architecture. Wikimedia Commons Looking out over Dresden towards the Southwest from the top of the Town Hall, September 17, 1945. Read More...
By the 1800s women were increasingly diagnosed with hysteria, the treatment for which was a hysterical paroxysm. Today, we call that an orgasm. Fun fact: The vibrator was the fifth household appliance to become electrified. It came out just after the electric toaster and had the vacuum cleaner beat by about 100 years.
Fitting, when you consider the fact that in the late 1800s, getting women off was a higher priority than having a clean floor. Read More...
Lonnie Johnson was born in Alabama in 1949. The odds seemed stacked against him, but the young genius worked his way to NASA and later, to multi-millions.It’s easy to assume that the creators of the vast majority of children’s toys are likely boasting strong backgrounds in marketing, advertising, or even the creative arts. Yet perhaps one of the most impressive pedigrees in the arena of toy inventions comes from none other than a former engineer with both the United States Air Force and NASA, meet Lonnie G. Read More...
