Recently, I wrote about the history of Gingerbread. As it was not the main subject of the article, I just evoked the part played by… Read More »The Royal Who Invented The Gingerbread Man, A Fairytale Story
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I recently read about some World records and there were some about LEGOs. Do you think the person who created this toy thought that people… Read More »Who invented LEGO?
At the moment, I’m reading a book about the creation of Wonder Woman (The Secret History of Wonder Woman, by Jill Lepore, if you’re interested),… Read More »Who Invented the Lie Detector?
I’m not a driver, but I’m living in a city whose history is linked to the automobile. And, let’s be honest, there are cars everywhere.… Read More »What was the First Electric Car?
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Unlike the Cyberpunk genre, I only heard of Solarpunk recently. The two seem to be in opposition, but it’s a bit more complicated than that.… Read More »Who Invented the Solarpunk genre?
There’s a strange trope in time-traveling stories or other stories featuring immortals. You always end up with the villain being at one point the real… Read More »How Did Jack The Ripper Get His Name?
Apparently, today is Juneteenth! As I’m not an American, I’m not familiar with this holiday. In fact, I heard the word Juneteenth for the first… Read More »What is Juneteenth and why is it a holiday?
I was watching the Michael Shannon-led miniseries “Waco” and this led me to think about all those guns. Seriously! But whatever. I’m here to take… Read More »Who Invented the Gun?