10 Interesting Facts About the Life and Times of Inventor Thomas Edison A small town in the Midwest was the birthplace of one of the most inventive geniuses of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847, Thomas Alva Edison suffered through several illnesses during his infancy and… Continue reading Top 10 Interesting Facts about Thomas Edison the Inventor
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Top 10 Facts About Abraham Lincoln
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Top 10 Things to Know About the Rwandan Genocide
[schema type=”event” evtype=”Event” name=”Rwandan Genocide” description=”Genocidal murder and mass slaughter of roughly 1 million Tutsi and moderate Hutu in Rwanda by members of the Hutu majority. ” sdate=”1994-04-06″ edate=”1994-07-15″ country=”RW” ] Top 10 Things to Know About the Rwandan Genocide The Rwandan Genocide was a mass murder committed by the Hutu majority on Tutsi and… Continue reading Top 10 Things to Know About the Rwandan Genocide
Top 10 Facts About Napoleon Bonaparte
Who Was Napoleon Bonaparte? Top 10 Facts About Napoleon Bonaparte [schema type=”person” name=”Napoleon Bonaparte” description=”Napoleon Bonaparte one of the greatest military commanders ever. The highly celebrated yet controversial military strategist and political figure can be viewed on a scale of two extremes ranging from genius leader to delusional megalomaniac. Thousands of books have been… Continue reading Top 10 Facts About Napoleon Bonaparte
10 Misconceptions About Nikola Tesla’s Life & Inventions
Nikola Tesla the Mad Scientist Who Fought Thomas Edison – And Won! Nikola Tesla was the original ‘mad scientist’ and possibly the greatest and most prolific inventor you have never heard of (he filed for 112 Patents in the US alone) He is responsible for the electricity we use in our homes, experimented with x-rays,… Continue reading 10 Misconceptions About Nikola Tesla’s Life & Inventions
Top 10 Misconceptions About the Invention of the Airplane
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About the Origins of Human Flight! From the earliest days of human civilization we have been obsessed with flight. The ancient Greek story of Daedalus and Icarus (who, so the story goes, glued bird wings on their back to escape the island of Crete) shows the fascination people had with… Continue reading Top 10 Misconceptions About the Invention of the Airplane
10 Things You Should Know About the Armenian Genocide
Ten Facts You Must Know About the Armenian Genocide The Armenian Genocide occurred during World War I, from 1915 to 1922 in the Ottoman Empire. Although the present Turkish government denies that the massacres constituted a “genocide”, scholars and historians maintain that the systematic slaughtering of 1.5 million Armenians by the Young Turks and their… Continue reading 10 Things You Should Know About the Armenian Genocide
Top 10 Scandals to Hit American Presidents
American Spirit / Shutterstock.com The Internet and the 24/7 news cycle have created a situation in which scandal appears to pop up every day. This climate even reaches up as high as the White House, as it seems that each week brings a new accusation of President Obama. While many of these scandals are cooked… Continue reading Top 10 Scandals to Hit American Presidents