How many of Nostradamus’s predictions have come true? The number of Nostradamus’s predictions that have come true depends very heavily on how you want to look at it. If you are asking how many have come true, then the answer is 0. If you are asking how many can be made to sound as though […]
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Why was the Waldorf-Astoria hotel built because of a feud? The Waldorf-Astoria hotel was built because of a dispute over who should be able to use the name “Mrs. Astor”. The original Waldorf-Astoria hotel doesn’t exist anymore. It was knocked down in 1929 and the land was sold to the Empire State Inc, a group
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How did the Phoenicians dominate the sea for a thousand years? The Phoenicians were able to dominate the sea for nearly a thousand years because of the ship technology they had, because of the way they controlled their colonies, and because of the collapse of other civilizations during the Bronze Age.. The Phoenician Empire wasn’t
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What was the Great Fire of Rome? The Great Fire of Rome was a huge fire that decimated the city of Rome in 64 AD. It is the fire that burned Rome while Emperor Nero was supposed to have been playing his fiddle. Most major cities that have a long history will have had a
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What did Florence Nightingale do? She managed to improve hospital hygiene, made nursing into a profession, used statistical analysis, and became the first female member of the Royal Statistical Society. Florence Nightingale was born in 1820. She was British, but she was born in Florence, Italy, during a family tour of Europe, hence her name.
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When were the first colored cars? The first real colored cars became available in the 1920s, but before that, there was a choice of a few colors, although they had to be custom painted. When we go to buy a car these days, after we choose from the thousands of available models available, we then
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What was the Texas Revolution? It was a fight by Texas for independence from Mexico. It led to the Republic of Texas, which didn’t last long before it was absorbed into the growing United States of America. Texas is the second largest state in the United States, coming after Alaska. It is roughly 40% the
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Who is the richest person ever? This is an incredibly difficult question because society and economics were vastly different in the past. Still, Mansa Musa is often said to be the richest person who ever lived. The richest person today is Elon Musk, although his wealth fluctuates wildly. At its peak, he was worth $425
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Why did the Spruce Goose only fly once? The Spruce Goose only flew once because the need for it had passed, it was too heavy, and Howard Hughes lost interest. Spruce Goose was the nickname for the Hughes H-4 Hercules, a flying boat that was built to transport troops to Europe during the Second World
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What was the Gilded Age? It was the period in American history between 1870 and about 1900 where the country rapidly industrialized and there was a lot of wealth inequality. The wealthy became increasingly richer and the poor became increasingly poorer. The name for the era was taken from a book by Mark Twain and
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