In response to Napoleon III’s request for an economical substitute for butter, margarine was created in France.
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Until the year 2000, the State of Virginia commemorated Lee-Jackson-King day, combining the commemoration of two Confederate leaders with that of Dr. Martin Luther King.
Until the year 2000, the State of Virginia commemorated Lee-Jackson-King day, combining the commemoration of two Confederate leaders with that of Dr. Martin Luther King.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Brad Pitt established the Make It Right Foundation to construct homes for those affected. Famous architects were involved in the project, however the homes were not built to withstand the conditions of New Orleans. By 2022, only 6 of the 109 homes were in satisfactory condition.
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Brad Pitt established the Make It Right Foundation to construct homes for those affected. Famous architects were involved in the project, however the homes were not built to withstand the conditions of New Orleans. By 2022, only 6 of the 109 homes were in satisfactory condition.
Annie Robinson, a stewardess who had been aboard the Titanic when it sank, experienced such severe post-traumatic stress disorder that she threw herself into the ocean from the SS Devonian three years later, after being triggered by the sound of the vessel’s whistle.
Annie Robinson, a stewardess who had been aboard the Titanic when it sank, experienced such severe post-traumatic stress disorder that she threw herself into the ocean from the SS Devonian three years later, after being triggered by the sound of the vessel’s whistle.
In 1986, two years before the F-117 Nighthawk was made public, one of the planes crashed in Sequoia National Forest. The US Air Force set up a perimeter around the crash site and covertly replaced the wreckage with a wrecked F-101A that had been stored in Area 51 for this purpose.