This museum trip was TRIPPY. First, there was a special gallery of ceramics, which caught me off guard as I expected boring, fussy relics that my grandparents might have kept in a cabinet. Oh no grandpa and grandma, these would not be for you, not at all. The stuff of nightmares! As...
Even today, Hiroo Onoda insists they believed the missions were enemy tricks designed to lower their guard. As a soldier, he knew it was his duty to obey orders; and without any orders to the contrary, he had to keep on fighting. ... '...Japanese fighting men did not surrender, even...
What did American soldiers eat in ww2? The American soldier's ration was made up of easily mass produced, canned, and shipped goods such asbeans, packaged meats and vegetables, soluble fruit drinks, chewing gum, and cigarettes. What was kharaj Class 7? Answer: Kharaj wasan agricultural tax ...
We can name rare occasions when the scarlet cars were given to third parties and took part in races by this way: one of them was the British Racing Partnership/UDT-Laystall Ferrari 156, driven by Innes Ireland, in the XIV BDRC International Trophy of 1962; another was Scuderia Everest (th...
which in itself was based on a book by journalist Carlo Bonini. The story takes a while to get going but it’s a particularly prescient topic — perhaps more these days than it was in 2012 or 2009 when its inspirations were originally published/released. If you decide to watch, stick wit...
During WW2 the United States best air ace was Richard Bong (no relation to the marijuana smoking device) who shot down 40 enemy planes in his P-38. Dick later died test flying a jet in North Hollywood, Cal. The German Ace of Aces was Erich Hartmann who shot down 352 enemy planes was...
Pseudoscience was proffered by most American intellectuals to defend slavery through the majority of the nation’s history. Eugenics, or the idea that we should strengthen humanity by ensuring those with so called “unfavorable genes” do not reproduce, was a popular scientific idea that served as...
Romanov was a little inebriated, he was not used to wine, but this was nothing. The translator spoke “Excuse my shortness please, but you originally said this was a palace fit for a caliph, why do you treat me like a mere satrap? Did you mean to imply something, or wer...
Olson had trained as a Naval aviation machinist in WW2, had set up a race car preparation shop in the North-West of Los Angeles in 1952 and was an agent for Cooper Cars.In 1957, at the age of 21, Reventlow and friend Bruce Kessler had gone to Europe to compete in motor races, ...
After 20 years, 100 shares of stock originally purchased for $1000 was sold for $5,000. What was the yield on the investment? Which stock would be preferable to an investor with a strong appetite for risk? Why? Company A - Historical Mean Return 25%: Historical St...