The first Nobel Prizes were not awarded until 1901, five years after Alfred Nobel's death. Here are the winners of the original Nobel Prizes whose achievements have left an indelible mark on our existence. Physics: Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen Röntgen accidentally discovered...
[caption id="attachment_2268" align="alignright" width="196" caption="Alfred Nobel"] [/caption] Born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1833, Nobel was the third son of wealthy industrialist Immanuel Nobel. Immanuel Nobel invented the rotary lathe used in plywood manufacturing...
You're from Bohemia, which comprises the western two-thirds of the Czech Republic. [caption id="attachment_2060" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Bohemia is in Green"] [/caption] More than likely you've been called Bohemian if you're a nonconformist artist...
Nickname: The Mount Rushmore State Ratification Date: November 2nd, 1889 (40th) Capital: Pierre [caption id="attachment_1668" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of South Dakota"] [/caption] In order to attract the financial services industry to the state...
Nickname: The Pine Tree State Date Joined: March 15, 1820 (23rd) Capital: Augusta [caption id="attachment_1663" align="aligncenter" width="210" caption="Map of Maine"] [/caption] The original capital of Maine was Portland. The capital was moved to Augusta in 1832...
[caption id="attachment_1547" align="alignright" width="180" caption="Kind of Bloop: An 8-Bit Tribute to Miles Davis' Kind of Blue"] [/caption] I like video games, I like 8-bit montages, and I like jazz. Imagine my excitement when I learned that someone had combined...
Etymology - Originally with reference to the fact that if one owed a penny, one might as well owe a pound, as the penalties for non-payment were virtually identical in severity (wiktionary). [caption id="attachment_1434" align="aligncenter" width="294" caption="Courtesy...
[caption id="attachment_1166" align="alignleft" width="183" caption="Dr. Paul L. Williams"] [/caption] Recently, a scholar by the name of Dr. Paul L. Williams wrote an essay describing the myriad number of ways in which the War on Terror should specifically be a war...
[caption id="attachment_1122" align="alignright" width="201" caption="Gen. Eisenhower's D-Day Order. Click to Read."] [/caption] The Normandy Landings were the first operations of the Allied invasion of Normandy during World War II. The landings commenced on June 6...
