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8 Dec 2021 3 minute read 1 comment SweptOverNiagara
A Brief History Of The Studebaker Corporation Members of the Stutenbecker family left Solingen, Germany in 1736. Upon arrival to Philadelphia, their name was 'anglicized' to Studebaker. They brought with them extensive blacksmithing experience and th...
7 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
It all starts with a track of line that is less than 1.5 miles long, owned by a company called Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad, which was incorporated in July, 1902, in Hoboken, New Jersey. This little line connected their facilities with main lines t...
5 Dec 2021 1 minute read 0 comments b_eleven
Movie Review: Above and Beyond Genre: Documentary Original Language: English Director: Roberta Grossman Producer: Sarah Forbes Campbell, Nancy Spielberg Writer: Sophie Sartain Release Date (Streaming): Oct 13, 2015 Box Office (Gross US...
30 Nov 2021 1 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
While I'm working on my next Greek history blog (it is coming, don't worry), and since British history isn't my specialty (yet?), I thought I'd share a few videos about Scotland and Saint Andrew, since today is Saint Andrew's Day! This is just a one-...
30 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments SweptOverNiagara
At its height, the British Empire was not just the largest empire in the world but the largest in history. At one point, the empire included what is now the USA, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Hong Kong, Gibraltar, Australia and Canada. The empire began to...
29 Nov 2021 1 minute read 1 comment By sea and land
Zombie bunker well not quite but, a bunker built on the order of Francisco Franco between 1940 and 1944. One of over 500 that were built as part of the fortifications by Gibraltar. The bunkers and other fortifications were built by prisoners. It...
26 Nov 2021 4 minute read 2 comments marianomariano68
Probably few people in the world associate the infamous vampire with Transylvania, and certainly do not know that Transylvania is in Europe, Romania. Prawdopodobnie niewielu ludzi na świecie kojarzy osławionego wampira z Transylwanią, a już na pewn...
25 Nov 2021 26 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked
With his hopes for a successful conquest of Greece smashed on the waters off the coast of Salamis, Xerxes withdrew with the bulk of his forces back to the empire. Themistocles, meanwhile, was at the height of his popularity back in Athens. But the wa...
24 Nov 2021 1 minute read 0 comments mildandred
Screams. Faints. Riots. These followed in the wake of every appearance by the Presley brothers. Not only were they extremely talented, they were also drop-dead gorgeous. Talent, looks, charisma and charm were a lethal combination in any individual....
22 Nov 2021 2 minute read 0 comments Chris Chen
After the crypto crash of mid may when BTC fell from ~$59k to under $30k, I decided to take some time away from crypto. Recently with the rise of NFTs I decided to start following crypto news again just in time for the cryptopocalypse of Nov 2021 bri...
