The history of American advertising dates back to the very beginnings of the Colonial era, though the newspaper enticements to be found at the turn of the 1700’s were [Read More...]
The history of aromatherapy dates back to more than 3,500 BC. It is one of the oldest forms of medicine starting in Egypt and China then moving to Greece and Rome. After Rome [Read More...]
Do you know the history of tattoo body art? Though it is currently trendy, modern society did not invent the art. Tattooing has quite a long history going back hundreds, [Read More...]
While the history of hair removal dates back at least to the ancient Egyptians, the history of laser hair removal dates back only to the late 1960s. Unfortunately, the [Read More...]
Like most things of Irish origin, the history of the claddagh ring can be traced back to a most colorful point of origin. In this case, the honors belong to Richard Joyce, a [Read More...]
Though many credit Alessandro di Spina with introducing glasses in Italy, there are earlier accounts of various forms of magnifying lenses to aide in reading and writing far [Read More...]
The eleven individuals responsible for founding the business oriented social network LinkedIn are themselves linked by different strands, from previous shared work [Read More...]
The origins of the PDA (personal digital assistant) began with traditional day planners and organizers. As they became more popular in the early 1990s, many computer [Read More...]
Although potassium is the seventh most abundant element on earth and makes up 2.4% of the planet’s crust, it is not found free in nature. Instead, it needs to be [Read More...]
While the patent accorded to Joel Houghton for an 1850 innovation is technically the start point of dishwasher invention, the real antecedent to today’s near essential [Read More...]