J M Wetherington Sr
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Did You Know…That Mount Vesuvius Destroyed Pompeii On This Date?
Monday , 24, August 2015 Did You Know...? Comments Off on Did You Know…That Mount Vesuvius Destroyed Pompeii On This Date?Mount Vesuvius erupted, destroying the Roman city of Pompeii, on this date in the year 79. Pompeii was about five miles away from the mountain, and it was a resort town for Rome’s elite. It’s estimated that about 20,000 people lived in and around Pompeii at that time, and most of them were able to […]
Did You Know…The First Atomic Bomb Exploded On This Day In 1945?
Thursday , 16, July 2015 Did You Know...? Comments Off on Did You Know…The First Atomic Bomb Exploded On This Day In 1945?On this day in 1945, at 5:29:45 a.m., the first atom bomb was successfully detonated at White Sands Proving Ground in Alamogordo, New Mexico. The assembled scientists wore welder’s goggles and shared suntan lotion. Enrico Fermi took bets on whether the atmosphere would ignite and destroy just the state of New Mexico, or the entire […]
Did You Know…? Happy Birthday, SPAM!
Sunday , 5, July 2015 Did You Know...? Comments Off on Did You Know…? Happy Birthday, SPAM!SPAM, the canned-meat product from Hormel, turns 78 years old today. Anytime in the past that I’ve seen an open can of SPAM it looked like it was ALREADY at least 78 years old! Now, I have eaten SPAM, but it has been so long ago that I’m sure I have purged all evidence it […]