History Facts

 Phone nooks - An alcove set in the wall that was designed for an old telephone and to keep phone numbers and books needed like the Yellow Pages.  They were last seen in the 1990s and maybe some old houses. Ice boxes-  Before refrigerators, ice companies used to sell ice to households where they would store it in either dedicated rooms or boxes to store them.  I'm not sure if we can confuse them with the ice box you carry on a road-trip but, you can say they are quite similar but not really. HOW WE CAN MAKE THEM RELEVANT NOW-  Phone nooks can be made into a charging area for smart-phones and a bookshelf because you need to put that darn phone down and read a book sometime.  Ice boxes still exist nowadays so there's not really much I could say so maybe you can use one of those to keep your drinks chilled, like your Red Bull energy drinks. (This blog doesn't endorse drinking of alcoholic beverages because it's bad for your health and causes you to spontaneous...

  In 1933 , the British Interplanetary Society was founded where they thought of ideas and worked on the British space program way before the space race between the Americans and the Soviets. One of their ideas was a very unique design for a space suit and a very classy one at that. They designed a suit of armour fit for a knight and even gave the outfit a walking stick that could be turned into a seat whenever needed.

  The British designed a small armoured vehicle (built by the Standard Motor Company) used by the British Home Guard in WW2 commissioned by Lord Beaverbrook  (hence the name) of the Ministry of Aircraft Production (dissolved in 1946) which was meant to be a small tank but ended up with a top speed of more than 30 kmph less than a German Panzer IV (which had a top speed of around or more than 40 kmph) And it was armed with two machine guns- the Vickers and the Bren gun. It wasn't really much faster than a tank but consider it an early armoured civilian vehicle, as critics claim. 

  This was a technique that I have observed during my travels to the southern part of India (in a region called Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu.) And as mentioned earlier in this blog, this place is a place of great historical significance being a major port town of the Chola Empire.  Step 1: Drill small holes along a desired line on the rock Step 2: Place wooden wedges inside the holes Step 3: Soak the wooden wedges in water (sometimes, hot water)  Step 4: Observe and wait for the wooden wedges to expand Step 5: Now, you can use other tools to easily carve it out 

 (November 7, 1944) (Yugoslavia) (In the land that is currently known as Serbia, as reports state)   A squadron of American fighters (P-38 Lightnings) encountered a German train and decide to attack it, but face a few losses as the train is defended with artillery guns. Enraged at losing a comrade, the Americans later spot a moving group of tanks and military vehicles in a convoy towards the nearest town so they decide to get their revenge by attacking them because they assumed they were German. Unfortunately, they weren't. The convoy was a parade of allied Soviet and Yugoslav partisan troops moving together for symbolic purposes and were surprised to see their allies attack them and some of them even tried to wave their flags higher for the planes to see, but to no avail.  Then, the Americans spotted an airbase which they assumed incorrectly again, was a German base but it wasn't.  This led to the base being attacked and it's parked fighter planes being hit by ...

At around 600 AD/650 AD  or so, the Pallavas under king Narasimhavarman from Tamil Nadu invaded a place in north Karnataka called Vatapi which was the capital of their rivals, the Chalukyas (Now called Badami) where they stole a ganesh statue from an abandoned temple on a hill. It was brought back as a war trophy after their victory in their battle by their top general, Paranjothi (later named Siruthondar after he became a Nayanmar saint)  It is now installed in the   Uthrapathisvaraswami temple in the village of  Thiruchenkaattankudi  (or Tiruchenkattankudi) near Karaikal, in Tamil Nadu, according to Google . Source of this story : The tour guide when I visited Mamallapuram, Tamil Nadu.