From March 31, 2022, ListVerse by Kerri Lee Gluch.
I am just listing them. For more information, go to the site.
10. AIRPORT: College Park Airport, Maryland. Opened 1909
9. MOVIE THEATER: State Theater in Washington, Iowa. Opened May 14, 1897.
8. SHOPPING MALL: Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, Italy. Opened in 1877
7. ZOO: Tiergarten Schonbrunn on Vienna, Austria. Opened 1752
6. RESTAURANT: Restaurante Botin in Madrid, Spain. Opened 1725.
--Cooter
Again, for much more information, go to the site.
5. CANNED FOOD: French Army. Nicholas Appert invented it. Good other than when you cut your hand in the lid.
4. BAGGED SALAD: German Karl Busch during WW II.
3. SYNTHETIC RUBBER: After the Japanese stopped our supply of rubber in WW II.
2. VIRTUAL REALITY: A whole lot of military training involves this.
1. ROOMBA: Military robotic mine sweepers.
--Cooter
From Listverse December 9, 2021, by Jon F.
I am just listing these interesting items. For much more information, go to the site.
10. DUCT TAPE: What would I do without Duct tape. Invented by Vesta Stout.
9. MICROWAVE OVEN: Again, what would I do without the microwave. To improve radar.
8. SUPER GLUE: Create clear gun sights. By far best for gluing my fingers together.
7. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM: Began as a way to track submarines during the Cold War. O hate when mine calls me names in its "polite" way.
6. THE INTERNET: What would these blogs do without it.
--Cooter
Remember, if you want to fond out more about any of these items, go to the site. A whole lot more information there.
5. Caroling
4. Fruitcake humor Prohibition took away a key ingredient -- whiskey. I don't care what folks say, I really like fruitcakes.
3. The on-going Jesus vs. Santa arm wrestling match. Politically correct, you know.
2. The Christmas Tree. Trees much nicer today
1. Putting up decorations Mist homes back in the 20s didn't even put up the tree until right before Christmas. Very little decorations, especially lighted ones. But, today we have the Great Christmas Wars to see who can outdo their neighbors.
--DaCoot
From the December 9, 2021, ListVerse site by Joseph Dupree.
Go to the site and read a whole lot more.
10. Santa hasn't aged a day.
9. What about Santa's crew? Mrs. Santa the same, but Rudolph didn't join until 1939.
8. The Season of Giving Definitely different gifts.
7. What the Dickens! The idea of a huge Christmas dinner was already here.
6. Holiday Broadcasting Well, no television.
--Cooter
From the September15, 2021, ListVerse by Katie Chilton.
In 2013, the remains of England's King Richard III were found under a parking lot in Leicester, England. Here are ten fames whose burial sites are not known.
Go to the site for pictures and much more information. I am only giving a little information about the ones I don't know.
10. Genghis Khan
9. Cleopatra & Marc Antony
8. Alexander the Great
7. Attila the Hun
6. Leonardo Da Vinci
5. Harold II, English king killed at Battle of Hastings.
4. Queen Boudicca Celtic queen who fought the Romans in England.
3. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
2. Alfred the Great British king.
1. Nefertiti Queen of Egypt
From the June 19, 2021, ListVerse site by Toby Oliva.
I will just be listing them, but if you go to the site, there is more information.
10. Time
9. Space travel
8. Machine Learning You know, computers, etc.
7. Math
6. Printing Press
5. Internet
4. Sanitation
3. Mythology An interesting one.
2. The Scientific Method
1. Dessert Another very interesting selection.
I Think I'll Start With Dessert. --Cooter
From the June 28, 2018, ListVerse by Christopher Dale.
I'm just listing them. You can get the facts and a picture at the site.
10. The fortuitous fog that saved Washington's Army during the Revolution. (I wrote about this in this blog May 17 and 18.)
9. Sacagawea with Lewis & Clark Expedition.
8. Making it 90 feet between bases in baseball.
7. The "Lost Company" at the Battle of Gettysburg. (I wrote about this in my Saw the Elephant: Civil War blog on May 16.)
6. Our three aircraft carriers weren't home at Pearl Harbor during the attack.
5. The accidental invention of the microwave.
4. Lee Harvey Oswald had tried to kill Major General Edwin Walker seven months later, but failed.
3. The confusing ballot that skewed the 2000 election.
2. The ill-timed financial crisis that hurt McCain's presidential run in 2008.
1. The inglorious return of Carlos Danger.
--Cooter
From March 23, 2021, ListVerse "Top 10 Luckiest Unlucky People Whose Luck Nearly Killed Them" by Jonathan H. Kantor,
As we all know now, surviving a pandemic is no walk in the park. Well, how about surviving two of them, a century apart? Getting infected can be deadly. It certainly was with the influenza strain A/H1N1 that devastated the world between 1918 and 1920.
The Spanish flu killed some 20-100 million people, thanks to the fast spread and speed at which the virus killed infected people.
Two people who were infected back then and managed to survive that first pandemic were Anna del Priorie and her sister Helen, who were young children in that first one.
While they weren't the only ones to survive that one, they are among a small group to survive both of them. Anna and Helen were 105 & 107 years old respectively when they were infected by COVID-19. Despite their advanced age the second time they both managed to beat the odds and survive a second time.
--Cooter
From the March 15, 2021, Listverse by Estelle. Go to this site and get more information and a chance to hear the song.
10. SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO-- Clash
9. BORN TO BE WILD-- Steppenwolf
7. PROUD MARY-- Creedence Clearwater Revival
6. YOU SHOOK ME ALNIGHT LONG-- AC/DC
5. ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE-- Kiss
4. LOVE BITES-- Def Leppard
3. I LOVE ROCK & ROLL-- Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
2. PURPLE HAZE-- Jimi Hendrix
1. RADIO GA-GA-- Queen
What? No Led Zepelin? What gives?
Name That Tune (from the above songs): "Get Your Motor Runnin' And Head Out To The Highway." Answer below. --RoadDog
"Born To Be Wild"
5. IT WAS THE PEAK OF BLOOD SPORTS
Bears vs. a dog or a bunch of dogs and then there was goose-pulling.
4. NEWSPAPER EDITORS HAD TO CARRY GUNS
Attack a politician in print, defend yourself on the dueling field.
3. NOVA SCOTIA COULD HAVE BEEN CONSIDERED THE 14TH COLONY
Before the Revolution, it was just British North America, not the 13 colonies and N.S. was considered part of it.
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2. THOMAS JEFFERSON CONSUMED OPIUM HABITUALLY
Well, our 3rd president had a habit. And then, there was his slave.
1. POLITICS WERE VERY, VERY UNCIVIL
And you thought politics are uncivil now. They pale to those of the 18th-century. Lord help you if you insulted Andrew Jackson.
I Challenge You to a Duel!! --CooterCoward
From the July 4, 2018, ListVerse by Kevin Klatman.
Go to the site for pictures and a lot more information.
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10. AMERICANS WERE TALLER THAN THE BRITISH
On average, the British stood at 5-foot, five inches, and Americans were three inches taller.
9. AMERICANS HAD A HIGHER LITERACY RATE THAN THE BRITISH
Much of this because the Puritans in New England valued education for religious purposes.
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8 ONE IN THREE WOMEN WHO WALKED DOWN THE AISLE WAS PREGNANT
Perhaps because of the practice of bundling.
7. AMERICANS DRANK ... A LOT
Alcohol safer than water. Go figure.
6. SOUTH CAROLINA: ONE OF THE MOST TOLERANT AND CULTURED OF THE COLONIES
New England colonies were too Puritan to go much for the arts.
--CooterGiveMeABeer
