Did you know Coca-Cola was invented by an Atlanta Pharmacist? The drink Coca-Cola was created by a pharmacist named John S. Pemberton in 1886. He originally intended the drink to be used as a tonic for common ailments because of its cocaine base - thus the name Coca-Cola. The cocaine ingredient was removed seventeen years later in 1903. The business operation was acquired by another pharmacist, Asa Griggs Candler for $2300 retention of some proprietary rights by Pemberton in 1891. The trademark “Coca-Cola” was registered with the U.S. Patent Office in 1893.
Did you know that George Washington died from blood-letting? Physicians in the Hippocratic tradition believed that both physical and mental illness could be ascribed to imbalanced humours. The four major bodily fluids are usually identified as blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile (melancholy). Early beliefs by medicinal practitioners and physicians held that an imbalance of these fluids resulted in poor health. Believing that too much black bile was the cause of undue sadness. These beliefs led to a period of “leech mania,” particularly in Europe, where blood leeching was considered the cure for nearly every physical or emotional ailment. Historical records reveal that Paris hospitals utilized five to six million leeches annually, accounting for more than 300,000 liters of collected blood. George Washington requested to be bled while suffering from a severe throat infection. After leeches removed 12 to 14 ounces of his blood, Washington requested to remove more. The first president of the United States endured four separate bleedings before his death, likely the result of losing too much blood.
Did you know that sun rays have been declining as global warming is increasing?
Did you know that Piranhas travel in packs for group protection and not because they are carnivorous?
Did you know that the Guinea pig is not from Guinea, and they are not pigs, they are rodents.
Did you know that Morning Sickness - is an inaccurate description for many women, since the nausea can occur at any time during the day.
Did you know one of the Carbon footprint Campaign to reduce the use of carbon fuel was started by BP Petroleum with an objective to place responsibility and accountability for driving less or driving smaller vehicles, and other personal lifestyle changes to account for the carbon output from fuel on consumers and turn the attention and accountability away from the industry.
Did you know that Witches were hanged Not Burned? According to Richard Trask, a town archivist for Danvers (formerly known as Salem Village.) He also chaired the Salem Village Witchcraft Tercentennial Committee from 1990 to 1992 and wrote a book detailing the time period called “Salem Village Witch Hysteria”. At the time of the trials, New England still followed English law, which listed witchcraft as a felony punishable by hanging — not burning at the stake. However, the church labeled witchcraft heresy and did tie up suspected practitioners and light them on fire. This is perhaps were the concept became attached to the witches punished and put on display in Salem.
Did you know that Ben Franklin who is often credited with the discovery of electricity in 1752, was actually performing an experiment about electricity that had already been discovered. His experiment proved that lightning carried an electrical current after the key on the end of Franklin’s kite was electrically charged. After the electrical current was captured in a Leyden jar, further studies led to an understanding of the positive and negative charges in electricity, which became the basis for the invention of the lightning rod.
Did you know Greenland was much warmer according to recovered DNA samples from international researchers? Their data shows Greenland was much warmer at some point during the last Ice Age. DNA traits from trees, plants, and insects, estimated to be 450,000 – 900,000 years old, were found two kilometers beneath a thick Greenland ice sheet.
Did you know one of the first community social welfare programs began in Scotland and then was launched in New Harmony, Indiana? Robert Owen made his fortune in cotton manufacturing in Lanarkshire, Scotland. In the early 1800’s, he was burdened with the impact of poverty on society, especially on children. He promoted the vision of a utopian society that naturally evolves towards a system respecting all individuals as equals and ensuring equal provisions for everyone. In conflict with the ideals of business partners and investors, he proposed to build a village community of 1200 people allowed to live on 1000 to 1500 acres per family unit. Families would have private living quarters on a campus with a communal kitchen and community space shared by everyone. The establishment was self-contained agricultural land serviced by families using state-of-the-art equipment. He believed the model could be reproduced in parishes and counties statewide as unions of tens, hundreds, or thousands sharing common interests and responsibilities. This was a precursor to the formula of unionized workmanship and ownership. The model in Scotland found its way to Indiana, where Robert Owen established the community of New Harmony. He believed it to be the answer to eliminate poverty. In 1825, after purchasing 30k acres of land from a religious organization, Mr. Owen was directly responsible for managing the community. Differences rose largely related to religion and politics, and in 1828, he lost 80% of his personal fortune walking away from the project.
Did you know social media platforms reduce points of view and hearing other opinions? Social media platforms create small silos to lock people into conversation largely with other people sharing the same points of view. This is the result of connectivity driven by algorithms to link people based on common patterns and characteristics. The intent is to create a vicious cycle of self-affirming rhetoric without hearing or listening to counterviewpoints. The affirmation of rhetoric forms strong, small defensive circles that join against anyone who does not share their point of view. The negative decline continues and generally leads to an onslaught of online character assassination and cancel culture without any openness to listen to other points of view.
Did you know there are more Asteroids than previously considered, according to an April 4, 2002 press release from the European Space Agency? The ESA’s Infrared Space Observatory indicates that between 1.1 million and 1.9 million space rocks meet the Asteroid criteria, which tallies to almost twice the amount previously estimated. *However, astronomers think it is premature to revise current assessments of the risk of the Earth being hit by an asteroid.
Did you know the Recycling Advertising Campaign for Plastics was initiated by the manufacturers of plastic products in an effort to remove the responsibility and cost from their industry to community and local advocates that see the urgency to recycle. The industry funded and promoted the ad campaigns that created the ecological focus on recycling plastic materials
Did you know one of the Hardest material substance is not the Diamond. There are two known substances harder. According to Scientific American, Wurtzite boron nitride and Lonsdaleite, were identified in 2009. The first substance resist indentation with 18% more fortitude than a diamond, and the second substance was evaluated at 58% surface resistance.
Did you know that there are chains on the left ankle of the Statue of Liberty? They were originally held in the left hand of Lady Liberty according to the architect Frederic Bartholdi to commemorate the 1865 emancipation of slaves in the U.S. the same year the statue was commissioned.
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