this book is very good its only through completely dumb luck that we've never had a nuke accidentally detonate
Eiffel didn’t design the Statue of Liberty. Bertoldi did. Eiffel created the iron substructure that supports its “skin.”
Designed the *framework*, apologies, thought it was assumed since he designed the framework of that tower in Paris.
The National Park Service ( think it’s them) has done an outstanding job preserving the Antietam battlefield. One of my sons and I visited 2 years ago and were very impressed.
According to the yearbook we were state champs in football, basketball, baseball and oratory that year
The Polio fight is one of the most interesting reads in history. From the mixed belief it was overblown and only made a big deal by FDR to the assumption that live attenuated from chimp renal cultures brought HIV to the world. Just so much in that story of vaccinating the world.
I read somewhere that Salk would've been worth like $7B if he'd chosen to patent the polio vaccination
War reporting A homage to the photojournalists lost to decades of war in Vietnam April 29 marks 50 years since the Cambodian Campaign began, while April 30 marks the 45th anniversary of the Fall of Saigon, bringing an end to the US-Vietnam War. Marking the dates we return to one of our Most Read stories of 2008, a profile on book Requiem, serving as a tribute to the 135 photojournalists from all sides of the conflict who lost their lives in battle https://southeastasiaglobe.com/vietnam-war-photographers/
sweet progress we’ve made in 100 years 0% chance you’ll be able to take any picture with nearly that high of a mask on percentage nowadays.
3 photos possibly of billy the kid the one from 2015 had a Nat geo special that was really interesting how they corroborated to authenticate. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/us/billy-the-kid-photo.html https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/second-photo-billy-the-kid-auction-1m https://www.google.com/amp/s/api.na...illy-the-kid-photo-outlaw-photography-history
I only see two different photos, 2 links look to be the same photo, or am I not scrolling down enough or something? I've seen the nat geo show, and they do a pretty good job explaining why its probably not him That poker playing picture ive never seen before, and I think it looks like it could be
Pic in a field? Portrait of 5 men? I see portrait of about 10 people , one possibly being billy leaning on a crochet stick in front of a house Second link is poker game Third link is exactly the same website as the first