The Natural History Museum in London is a museum of natural history that exhibits a vast range of specimens from various segments of natural history. It is one of three major museums on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, the others being the Science Museum and the Victoria and Albert Museum. The Natural History Museum’s main frontage, however, is on Cromwell …
Continue readingGreat Wall of China ends
The Great Wall of China is a series of fortifications made of stone, brick, tamped earth, wood, and other materials, generally built along an east-to-west line across the historical northern borders of China to protect the Chinese states and empires against the raids and invasions of the various nomadic groups of the Eurasian Steppe. Several walls were being built as …
Continue readingNikola Tesla predicted the internet
In 1900, he wrote an article for Century Magazine describing a world system of wireless communication ( Internet ) that could send telephone messages, news, music, and pictures to any part of the world. When Tesla returned from Colorado Springs to New York, he wrote a sensational article for Century Magazine. In this detailed, futuristic vision he described a means …
Continue reading1,500 years old Angel Oak tree in South Carolina
Angel Oak is allegedly the oldest tree and is located east of the Rockies in South Carolina. The tree is estimated to be more than 1500 years old. It is simply known as The Tree in some circles. It stands in a wooded area in John’s Island just outside Charleston in South Carolina. Angel Oak is a live oak which …
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