Nate's History Facts!

Barbary Lion -  Native to North Africa and Egypt since around 100,000 years ago.  Their closest relative is the Asiatic lion so PLEASE let's take care of this one.  Killed by hunting and bounties placed on them for trophies, and the spread of firearms.  Last seen in the 1960s when hunting was still prevalent. They are now locally extinct.  Auroch - Native to the Near East (around the Middle East) and migrated to Europe, Asia and India. They are the ancestors of the humped cattle in India and other wild domestic cattle. It first appeared in the Chibanian era (or Middle Pleistocene) which was around  (770,000-129,000 years ago)   They migrated to Europe via the Balkans and the Mediterranean coast and made a large impact on Germanic languages which in turn, affected the English language.  The name "Auroch" came from the word "aurochsen" which was a variant of the Germanic "ochsen" similar to the English word "oxen" and "ox." During t...

  There is a suggested theory that when European explorers reached Argentina's southern part, they met really tall native people who were around 6 foot tall compared to the Europeans' average height of 5 feet. This probably made them assume that they met actual giants on this new land that they named "Patagons" and later caused the land to be named "Patagonia" Obviously, some people decided to make many conspiracy theories about a different race existing there which, hey, could be possible but we don't have enough evidence yet. At least, I'm not sure and wanted to find a proper explanation to this instead of resorting to conspiracies. 

  During the Bay of Pigs incident in Cuba ( Kennedy-Khruschev Cold War era ), when tensions were already at dangerous heights, a Soviet nuclear submarine heard a shot above the waters and assumed the worst had happened.  As a precaution, they were planning on launching the nuclear missiles from the submarine, an action that would most definitely start a nuclear war and the potential end of the known world. Every commanding officer of that submarine put their keys in to activate the launch sequence. All but one man- Vasili Arkhipov.   This man heroically refused to complete the sequence and we can learn a lot from men like him. When you go to war or if you go to war, remember that your fight isn't with the thousands, millions and even billions of innocent men, women, children, animals and birds that have nothing to do with your little quarrel.  Remember to choose peace. Be a hero.    

 During the Korean War, the U.S.S Wisconsin (an American battleship) was lightly hit by North Korean artillery shells (which didn't even cause any casualties but only injured 3 men) The American battleship responded with the firing of all 16 guns, completely OBLITERATING the Nort Korean outpost.  An escort ship nearby signalled the phrase "Temper, temper" or in other words, "Calm down, gang" 

 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.