Who Invented the Satellite?
When we are talking about the space race, the Moon, and everything else in the sky, artificial satellites are rarely at the top of the… Read More »Who Invented the Satellite?
Who Invented Dry cleaning?
I’m not very familiar with the process behind dry cleaning, but someone told me the other day that it was a French invention. When I… Read More »Who Invented Dry cleaning?
Who Was the First Person To Climb Mount Everest and Survived?
The other day, my sister was talking to me about the manga she was reading, The Summit of the Gods by Jiro Taniguchi. A classic… Read More »Who Was the First Person To Climb Mount Everest and Survived?
Who was the First Witch?
I’m writing about the origins of classic horror monsters like vampires, werewolves, and zombies, but for me, they are mostly creatures of fiction. Strangely, when… Read More »Who was the First Witch?
Margaret Sanger: A Life Devoted To The Birth Control Movement
I never heard about Margaret Sanger before reading the book about the creation of Wonder Woman, The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore.… Read More »Margaret Sanger: A Life Devoted To The Birth Control Movement
Who Invented the Washing Machine?
As I was looking into the articles I wrote on this blog, I stumbled upon the one about the invention of the dishwasher. I was… Read More »Who Invented the Washing Machine?
Who Invented the Apple Crumble (during Victorian Times, not after WWII)?
I worked on an article about one of my favorite desserts, the apple crumble. What I mostly found is that it was created during World… Read More »Who Invented the Apple Crumble (during Victorian Times, not after WWII)?
Who Invented Kevlar?
As I said in the introduction to my article about the Slinky, I recently rewatched Obit. (2016) a quite interesting documentary about the New York… Read More »Who Invented Kevlar?
Who Discovered the Grand Canyon?
I mostly understand how most videos recommended to me by Youtube are selected by the algorithm. I’m always curious when something is unexpected. The other… Read More »Who Discovered the Grand Canyon?
Who Invented the Violin?
Last year, I wrote about the invention of the Piano. Since then, I’m thinking of continuing my exploration of the subject as I thought it… Read More »Who Invented the Violin?
What Was the First Haunted House?
Apparently, Disney put out a Haunted Mansion movie that nobody went to see… in the middle of July. If the Mouse doesn’t wait until October… Read More »What Was the First Haunted House?
Who Invented The Dragon?
You probably have heard about the Komodo Dragon. It always bothered me that it was called a “dragon” as its appearance didn’t correspond with what… Read More »Who Invented The Dragon?