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Time zones in the U.S. were established by the Standard Time Act in 1918, which also introduced daylight savings,according tothe U.S. Astronomical Application Department, a part of the U.S. Naval Observatory. The law was so controversial, daylight saving time was repealed in 1919, reins...
"Our lives were shattered when we lost our mother. She was our world. And nothing has been the same since she passed. While it has been incredibly difficult to reconcile how she could be taken from us too soon, the cause of her death has long been established. There was no foul pla...
City Hall once loomed over Los Angeles as its tallest building for 36 years. The relatively low-rise design of Los Angeles is no accident—city planners enacted an ordinance capping buildings at 150 feet in height from 1904 to 1959. The art deco-style City Hall building was the only excepti...
Movies were well established as entertainment with big productions like 'Cleopatra' starring Theda Bara. Among the film stars who made debuts in 1917 were Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel and Bela Lugosi. The first feature length animated film 'El Apostol' by Argentinean Quirino Cristiani, was made....
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What was the largest land predator ever? The short-faced bear (Arctotherium angustidens) roamed South America. Some research indicates that this bear may have been the largest terrestrial predator ever and one of the biggest animals in the world during its time. Share: Citation A Whale of...
TDE president Punch expressed a similar sentiment in an interview withMic. "We watched him grow from a teenager up into an established grown man, a businessman, and one of the greatest artists of all time," he said. "So it's time to move on and try new things and venture out....
Based in New York City, she's an established film critic and entertainment reporter, who has traveled the world on assignment, covered a variety of film festivals, co-hosted movie-focused podcasts, interviewed a wide array of performers and filmmakers, and had her work published on RogerEbert....