
Who invented Digitization?
How Did Digitization Come Into Existence? Digitization is the process of translating information into digital form and organizing it into separate units of data known...
Inventions and Inventors
How Did Digitization Come Into Existence? Digitization is the process of translating information into digital form and organizing it into separate units of data known...
The Invention of Slavery The first English settlers in Colonial Virginia did nor arrive with a well-developed concept of race based slavery. Slavery had to...
How the “Spirit Board” Originated and Grew in Popularity A novelty to some and occult device to others, the Ouija board’s popularity has waxed and...
Ever wondered why you have a ‘frog in your throat’ or why you are ‘in a pickle?’ We use quotes and sayings without thinking, but...
The Real Saint Nicholas The origins of Santa Claus come from the real life story Saint Nicholas, while the rest has been formed by Christmas...
In 1846, the First Telegraphic Message from Toronto to Hamilton Transmitting code by electric telegraph key, messages were received almost immediately. The Telegraph was used...
No Pumpkin Pie, No Cranberry Sauce, No Turkey? What you don’t know about the first Thanksgiving may surprise you. The only written account of the...
The Enlightenment and its emphasis on reason rather than faith contributed greatly to the advance of science and technology in the 18th and 19th centuries....
One of the world’s earliest codifications of law Hammurabi, a ruler of ancient Babylon, codified existing laws into a single code of laws. The codification...
Champion whinger or sensitive, new-age guy? An introduction to Catullus, one of the first love poets of the Latin language. Rome is in turmoil. Bitter...