Category Archives: History
Revenge Gone Wild!
Awesome stories of revenge gone wild.
Whiskey Business: The Many Myths of Jack Daniel
5 Artistic Rivalries That Got Ugly
Seven Historical Figures Who Married Their Cousins
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What’s the difference between ‘C’ and ‘CE’ on calculators?
The Ethyl-Poisoned Earth, the sordid story of leaded gasoline
The Satelloons Of Project Echo
From about 1956 until 1964, US aeronautics engineers and rocket scientists at the Langley Research Center developed a series of spherical satellite balloons called, awesomely enough, satelloons. Dubbed Project Echo, the 100-foot diameter aluminumized balloons were one of the inaugural projects for NASA, which was established in 1958.
