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The birth of the printing press
Imagine a world without the printing press and no internet, how would we learn about things? An in…
Who invented the telephone, was it ….?
You would think this was a silly question because we all know that it was Alexander Graham Bell who …
April 1, 1960: First Weather Satellite Launched
No, no, it wasn’t an April fool! Yes, it was only just over 60 years ago, when something that we tod…
Who invented the Compass?
Well, we do know that the Chinese were known to use a magnetic compass during the Han Dynasty betwee…
Who was the first man to fly over the North Pole?
You would have thought that there wouldn’t have been any dispute over who the first man was to fly o…
Ancient Rome’s Financial Crisis
Did you know that in 2008 they used 2000-year-old solution to save our economy! The 33AD Finacial Cr…