Who are the rubberneckers and why do they cause traffic delays?
The reporters’ term refers to delays caused by overly curious drivers, those who crane their “rubber necks” to see a wreck.
The phrase first appeared in print in 1896.
The reporters’ term refers to delays caused by overly curious drivers, those who crane their “rubber necks” to see a wreck.
The phrase first appeared in print in 1896.
Alfred Nobel, who made his fortune in the Baker oil fields of Russia and through the sale of dynamite and other explosives, bequeathed $9.2 million for the prize at his death in 1896. Some say his concern over increasing mankind’s ability to kill one another led him to endow a peace prize. Today, Nobel Prizes…
Chop Suey is an authentic Chinese-American dish. It was created either by a dishwasher in San Francisco around 1860 or by Chinese restaurant owners in Brooklyn in the early 1900s. As befits its origin, chop is an English word; suey is derived from the Chinese sui, meaning “bits.”
Never a political slogan, it was created as a typewriter exercise in 1867 by Charles E. Willer, a Milwaukee court reporter. The sentence was designed to use most of the keys on the typewriter, which had recently been invented by Willer’s friend Christopher Latham Sholes.
Booker T. Washington was born Booker Taliaferro. He adopted the name “Washington” during his school years. His works include the autobiography Up from Slavery (1901).
The deadliest mushroom in the world is Amanita phalloides, the death cap or death cup. Eating this mushroom, which contains five different poisons, causes diarrhea and vomiting within 6 to 12 hours. This is followed by damage to the liver, kidneys, and central nervous system, and, in the majority of cases, coma and death.
In 1696 a Jesuit, Father Pinet, established a mission for Indians called the Mission of the Guardian Angel. It was set along a stream the Indians had named Checagon, a word meaning anything big, strong, or powerful. Since the river at that point was sluggish, it is thought that checagon actually referred to the wild…