#250 Was Nero as bad as people say?
I learned this today. It is impossible to know if the emperor Nero was as bad as people say because all of the contemporary sources were destroyed. Nero became emperor…
I learned this today. It is impossible to know if the emperor Nero was as bad as people say because all of the contemporary sources were destroyed. Nero became emperor…
I learned this today. There is some evidence that paleolithic people were the first to use coal. Humans have been using fire since about 400,000 years ago. Evidence for this…
I learned this today. A touchscreen works because a tiny electric current is sent to your finger, which allows the device to calculate where your finger is. There are two…
I learned this today. The expression “mayday” was first used in February 1923. Mayday is used when a plane or a ship is undergoing a life-threatening emergency. The procedure is…
I learned this today. Headlamps were first used on horse drawn carriages and then transitioned to the first horseless carriages. The first gas headlamps were used in the late 1880s.…
I learned this today. The British and American accents are different because the UK accents dropped a few things that the US kept. It is obviously difficult to generalize about…
I learned this today. The idea that manslaughter is different to murder was introduced in Athens in 409 BC. This is a difficult question because the laws of different countries…
I learned this today. The Ottoman Empire ended due to revolt, general decline, and defeat in World War 1. The Ottoman Empire began in the 13th century. Osman I, a…
I learned this today. A spray bottle works by breaking the liquid up into tiny droplets using a pump and different kinds of nozzles. Modern spray bottles work slightly differently…
I learned this today. Chloroform knocks people out by causing depression of the central nervous system. Chloroform appears to have been discovered by several people independently in 1830 and 31.…