Parchment is a surface, produced from the skin of animals, that was used for writing. It was created in Pergamum, a city in Asia Minor, in the 2nd century BC. The scroll it is a surface that was used for writing, being very popular in part of the Ancient Age and the Middle Ages. It was produced fro
A study of the oldest radiocarbon-dated ice sheets on the Col du Dôme glacier, 4,300 meters above sea level in the Mont Blanc massif, provided researchers with a record of atmospheric conditions in Roman times. The analyzed ice comes from the Ice Memory project , promoted by French and Italian glac
In 1983, famous magician David Copperfield caused a sensation by making New Yorks Statue of Liberty disappear in a live television broadcast. It is curious that almost forty years earlier, in the midst of World War II, another illusionist also carried out a magical feat of great proportions, althoug
Louis Strange was born in Dorset, England in 1891. In 1912 he had his first eye contact with aviation and decided to become a pilot. He received his pilots license in 1913 from a private school and in October of that year joined the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), the forerunner of the RAF, with the rank