My recent binging of the Netflix original series, The Crown, has led to a fascination with the royal family’s history. In my research, I came across the fact that Queen Elizabeth II served as a mechanic during WWII. The...
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Kayleigh DeMace
A Look at Some of History’s Most Toxic Colors
Can you paint with all the colors of history? No, because a lot of them are just too toxic. Unless you exist in a very bland, Twilight Zone-like universe, you live surrounded by color. Even if you’re surrounded by a...
Sarah Simonovich
The U.S. Wanted to Use Bat Bombs to Fight the Japanese in World War II
I can only imagine what was going through Lytle S. Adams’ mind when, upon hearing news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, he thought, bats. An Idea Takes Flight On December 7, 1941, Adams, a dentist and inventor...
A Brief History of Canned Food and How it Changed the Industry
Because we can, can, can Yes we can, can, can, can Can, can, can, can, can –Fatboy Slim Prior to the invention of refrigeration and artificial preservatives, humans still found ways to preserve their food. Such...
Oil: Bowling’s Slick, Invisible Superhero
Bowling Lanes and Oil Go Hand-in-Hand. The first time you went bowling, you may have noticed the ball slide down the lane without spinning. As a child, you may have thought—Wow I’m pretty good, I can easily bowl a...
Kendra Kuhar
Falling in Love with the Rocket: Happy Birthday, Gravity’s Rainbow
While the Western world gathered ‘round their televisions last night to find out whether Leonardo DiCaprio would finally get the Oscar he so pined after (spoiler alert: he did), one of the most important anniversaries...
Petrochemicals: Clearing the Name of Petroleum One Product at a Time
Planet Earth runs on Petrol It’s no exaggeration to say that the world runs on petroleum—and no, I don’t just mean automobiles. Petroleum is everywhere, even in places where you least expect it. And while new...
The History Behind Operation PLUTO
Oil pipelines remain as one of the hot topics in today’s U.S. governmental talks. Currently, our leaders are debating the viability of building one that will run from Canada into the United States in an effort to...
Matthew Blockus