Monthly Archives: August 2021
HISTORY SHARE: CROSSBOW BAN
Until they were replaced by the more efficient longbow (Battle of Agincourt, 1415: English: 10, French: 0), crossbows were one of the go-to weapons for armies wishing to inflict damage on each other. Pope Urban II banned its use against ‘other Christians’ in 1096, and Pope Innocent II took the same stand at the Second […]
HISTORIC WEATHER: CLIMATE CHANGE WARNINGS
All the floods and wildfires currently occurring across the globe were predictable. https://tinyurl.com/dhcw338
TRIVIA TRAIL: SOLAR SYSTEM CHANGE
Question: What change to our solar system occurred on August 24th, 2006? Answer: Pluto was re-classified and became a dwarf planet instead of a regular planet. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33462184
HISTORIC FOOD: POPSICLES
I seem to recall that I wasn’t especially good at getting them to break in half without the top bit of at least one falling off its stick. https://fillyourplate.org/blog/a-passion-for-popsicles-13-fun-facts/
HISTORY SHARE: VACCINE PASSPORT DEBATE
Despite all the hoopla, the vaccine passport debate isn’t exactly a new one. . https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/04/08/985032748/the-vaccine-passport-debate-actually-began-in-1897-over-a-plague-vaccine
HISTORY SHARE: CHICKEN POX VACCINE
They didn’t have this vaccine when my brothers and I were growing up, and so my brothers caught chicken pox. I didn’t, but only because that joy was awaiting me in adulthood. https://tinyurl.com/yh878jof
HISTORY SHARE: THE SECOND ATOMIC BOMB
When I was in high school John Hersey’s Hiroshima was required reading. It still should be. https://tinyurl.com/y424kebd
Time Travelling With Kids 