Widen Your World

A Restful Haven for Walt Disney World's Deceased, Deferred and Deflowered
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A Restful Haven for Walt Disney World's Deceased, Deferred and Deflowered
Labels: history, videos; photos

This light, which has been burning at the Livermore Pleasanton Fire Department since 1901, is the oldest known working light bulb in the world.
Labels: history, videos; photos

Photographs of television sets from around the world, year-by-year links to important facts, magazine covers and advertising. See examples of the world's first television sets, up to and including HDTV models.

And I thought "A" was for apple. Fun, classic video about the start of the Atomic Age, and your place in it - if you are a person who really likes hiding under your desk.

Blackbeard's ship located off North Carolina. According to archaeological evidence, the infamous pirate's ship has been found. It will be recovered over the next couple of years.
Labels: history
A biographical dictionary of medical eponyms.
A “rule of the thumb” method for calculating the dose of medicine to be administered to a child: The age divided by age plus 12 represents the fraction of the adult dose suitable for the child. - Thomas Young (1773-1829)