A lot of the scrap metal from the sunken ships in Scapa Flow was removed following the cleaning operation known as the ‘great Salvage operation.’ But, despite that operation, a lot of wartime heritage still can be found in its bed. Credits: OrkneyIslandsCouncil / YouTube Apart from the ...
The species was considered threatened as a result of its popularity as both a pet and as a food delicacy in South Africa. However, by the time restrictions on importation were put in place, there were already enough hedgehogs in the United States to maintain a sufficient breeding population. ...
True, there is shade you could throw on this achievement. Many in the UK are poorly-paid. Brexit has constrained the supply of workers, so while unemploymentmaybe lower as a consequence, it’s also pulled down GDP growth. And lots of older workers apparently gave up working during the pand...
Rushmore was visiting South Dakota for business when he spied the large, impressive, granite peak. When he asked his guide the name of the peak, Rushmore was told, "Hell, it never had a name, but from now on we'll call the damn thing Rushmore." Charles E. Rushmore later donated $5,...
In reality, there are very few facts. The only archaeological reference to King David would appear to be a reference to the House of David on a ninth century stela found at Tel Dan in northern Israel in 1993. Most of the Biblical texts were written down long after the events surrounding ...
On the control panel, an amber low fuel pressure warning lamp lit up to punctuate the audio alarm. First Officer Maurice Quintal, copilot of Air Canada Flight 143, checked the indicator light to determine the cause of the computer’s complaints. “Something’s wrong with the fuel pump,”...
Unfettered by facts, the US Federal Trade Commission stated that leaded gas was “entirely safe to the health of motorists and the public […] is not a narcotic in its effect, a poisonous dope, or dangerous to the life or health of a customer, purchaser, user or the general public.” ...
The first primitive Cycler orbits had been discovered sixteen years earlier, but these curiosities depended upon irregular planetary encounters, and they had round-trips on the order of a decade. In 1985, however, Dr Aldrin reasoned that there must be trajectories which swing by Earth and Mars ...
On 6 August 1945, a number of eyes in the Japanese city of Hiroshima turned skyward at the drone of a US B-29 bomber flying across the cloudless sky, accompanied by two other aircraft. Their arrival was not a surprise; the early warning radar net had detected the incoming planes and an...