Thomas Edison applied for his first patent in 1868 when he was only 21 years old. The first original idea of the famous inventor was
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One of the best ways to prevent the spread of the flu and other viruses is to wash your hands. Today, this may seem like
Cleopatra’s death seems to have taken place as dramatically as the life she lived. After the Egyptian Queen and her longtime lover, Roman General Mark
In the late summer of 1918, the second devastating wave of Spanish influenza arrived on the American coast. Carried by First World War doughboys returning
In early 1944, Franklin D. Roosevelt entered his 12th year as President of the United States. The popular Democratic leader had led his country through
The Great Depression was a difficult time that turned life in the United States, when millions of people struggled to find and cope with work.
In 1636, according to an 1841 account by Scottish author Charles MacKay, all of Dutch society went mad with exotic tulips. As Mackay wrote in
As human civilizations flourish, so do infectious diseases. Large numbers of people living near each other and animals, often poorly sanitized and malnourished, provided fertile
On April 17, 1957, Maurice Hilleman realized that a pandemic was en route to the United States. That day, The New York Times reported a