The USA employed Nazi scientists after WW2. The program, called Operation Paperclip, was exposed in media outlets like the New York Times in 1946. Some of these scientists were involved in Project MK-ULTRA. Von Braun, who was the main subject of controversy, was appointed director of the Development Operations Division of the Army Ballistic Missile…
A brief history of why we have Pancake Day (Shrove Tuesday) Shrove Tuesday is the day before the start of Lent, the 40-day religious period in the run-up to Easter. Thus, the celebrated day falls in either February or March. The name Shrove is derived from the Old English word ‘Shriven’, which historically meant, ‘To…
This dinosaur was the biggest of all the carnivorous dinosaurs, larger than Tyrannosaurus and Giganotosaurus but it’s unclear just how big Spinosaurus was, due to incomplete fossils. .It lived during part of the Cretaceous period, about 112 million to 97 million years ago. This giant dinosaur was known for roaming around the swaps and inhabited North Africa. They roamed…
Brenda was last seen on August 6, 1956. She was accompanied by a friend, Donald Baker, at the time. The two of them rode their bicycles to the San Gabriel Canyon area near Glendora Mountain Road and disappeared. A few days later, Donald’s jacket and Brenda’s bicycle were found near Morris Dam, a quarter of…
The Titanoboa was a prehistoric giant snake that lived round about 60 million years ago in the Paleogene period, and it lived in hot places and it was believed to live in South Africa. This snake was given the name Titanoboa, due to the fact of it impressive size people believed that the snake grew to…
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