1902 Dr. Willis Carrier installed a commercial air conditioning system at a Brooklyn, New York printing plant The system was the first to provide man-made control over temperature, humidity, ventilation and air quality. Carrier’s invention was used primarily to cool machines, not people. The development of the centrifugal chiller by Carrier in the early 1920's led to comfort cooling [...]
Someone just created a cat accessory called the Twinkle Tush. It's a jewel that hangs from their tail to cover their RECTUM. You can buy it for $6 at TwinkleTush.com.
1926 The first underwater color photographs appeared in National Geographic magazine. lliam Longley and National Geographic staff photographer Charles Martin got this shot of a hogfish off the Florida Keys in the Gulf of Mexico 1935 Oklahoma City became the first city in the United States to install parking meters. The first parking meters appeared [...]
According to the baby name website Nameberry.com, the trendiest name for boys this year is Atticus. It's because Atticus Finch is the hero of "To Kill a Mockingbird", and Harper Lee announced earlier this year that she was finally putting out a sequel. But there's one big problem. When the sequel came out this week, [...]
Americans have ranked New Jersey worst among the states.A poll by YouGov says New Jersey is not only the least-liked state, but it’s also the only state that Americans actively dislike. The second least-liked state is Alabama and even then more people like the state than dislike it, with 39 percent liking the state and [...]
1912 Jim Thorpe won the decathlon in the Olympic games in Stockholm, Sweden He also won gold in the pentathlon! Six months later, he lost his Olympic titles after it was found he was paid for playing two seasons of semi-professional baseball before competing in the Olympics, thus violating the amateurism rules that were then in place. 70 years later, [...]
According to Boston News Watch, a Boston woman named Serena Beuford's butt implant ruptured while she was doing squats at the gym. The 27-year-old woman is in serious condition after her butt implants exploded while doing squats for an Instagram Video at Planet Fitness. Beuford was working out with a friend at Planet Fitness in [...]
A bottle of beer bought at a restaurant by a sister for her fallen soldier brother will remain at the bar, draped in an American flag, as a permanent tribute. The woman ordered two beers at the Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant in Tacoma. Her server said she couldn’t order two drinks at a time due [...]
1946 Dr. Benjamin Spock’s Baby and Child Care was first published The book quickly became one of the most widely sold books ever! In fact, Dr. Spock’s baby book has sold more copies than any book other than the Bible. 1951 The first sports event to be shown in color was the Molly Pitcher Handicap horse race [...]
A new study looked at the tattoos people are most likely to get REMOVED. Here are the top 10 . . . 1. Your ex's name. 2. A dolphin. 3. A misspelled quote. (I love that getting a dolphin is worse than permanently having a spelling mistake on your body. Why do people [...]
