#31 Why are Neanderthals called “Neanderthals”?
I learned this today. Neanderthals were named after the place where they were found. The Neander Valley in modern Germany. “Thal” means valley in German. The earliest Neanderthal bones found…
I learned this today. Neanderthals were named after the place where they were found. The Neander Valley in modern Germany. “Thal” means valley in German. The earliest Neanderthal bones found…
I learned this today. The horse collar changed society in a huge way and many things we take for granted now came about because of the horse collar. There are…
I learned this today. Why is Wall Street called “Wall Street” and why has it become a financial center? There are two theories as to why Wall Street is called…
I learned this today. The piano is only 300 years old and many famous composers that we know composed for the harpsichord, not the piano. The piano was invented by…
I learned this today. Leather is strong because the collagen fibers in the animal skin are strengthened and bolstered by other chemicals. It can take up to ten weeks to…
I learned this today. A gun silencer works by reducing the speed of the gases that push the bullet out of the barrel, but it cannot silence the sound of…
I learned this today. Before the invention of the elevator (lift for my British friends), wealthy people lived on the lower floors of a building because they didn’t want to…
I learned this today. The necktie that most men wear today came about because King Louis XIV of France liked the knotted neckerchiefs that the Croatian mercenaries in his army…
I learned this today. Ketchup was created in the 17th century, but it wasn’t made of tomatoes. Ketchup began in Asia. The word ketchup either comes from the Hokkien Chinese…
I learned this today. We say, “the best thing since sliced bread”, but sliced bread has only been around since 1928. Humans have been eating bread for thousands of years.…