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Auguste Piccard and Professor Calculus from the Adventures of Tintin. But Auguste Piccard was much more than an inspiration for a cartoon character. Auguste Piccard with the gondola that he designed. The explorers trapped samples of the upper air in cylinders. Analysis of these may prove it to be exceptionally rich in ozone. With observations completed, the explorers attempted to descend, but without success. As their oxygen tanks ran low, they floated aimlessly over Germany, Austria, and Italy....

Spencer-Smith set up a small chapel in a darkroom in Scott’s Hut at Cape Evans. He built an altar with cross and candlesticks and an aumbry where he reserved the Blessed Sacrament. Spencer-Smith recorded in his diary that he celebrated Eucharist and also heard confession on the continent. Since the 1950s several churches have been erected in Antarctica. Today, there are eight churches in Antarctica. Chapel of the Snows at McMurdo Station....

Its an unmistakable, comforting scent with familiar notes that harken back to your earliest memories. Baby powder (also called talcum powder) is a parenting medicine cabinet staple. But did you know its usefulness goes far beyond a babys bottom? Two key qualities of baby powder are its ability to absorb moisture and to reduce friction. These properties mean there are a ton of other opportunities for the product to be tactfully deployed....

If true, this would make the scrolls the oldest biblical manuscript in the world. Shapiras claim aroused great public interest and drew newspaper headlines around the world. But experts were skeptical of Shapiras bold claim. Shapira had a reputation of peddling counterfeit artefacts. In another lucrative deal, he sold 1,700 fake figurines, the so-called Moabite forgeries to a Berlin museum. Shapira tried to authenticate his find by sending them copies to various archeologists and scholars in Germany....

How do you define a war? Should both sides have a fair chance of winning? Is a coup within a protectorate justified as war? Does the conflict end even if the reigning individual survives amidst desolation and complete destruction of his kingdom? And how short do you think the shortest war in history was? Thats how long the Anglo-Zanzibar war lasted. Was it fair to call it a war? Soldiers at the palace of the Sultan of Zanzibar, circa 1880 1920....

Our homes are the center of our lives. We rest there, we play there, and increasingly we work there. Its essential that our homes feel safe. So, come up with a game plannow. So what do you do if your day is interrupted by police at your front door? This is not ananti-policeattitudeits apro-civil rightsattitude. Private property in this country is sacrosanct. You are under zero obligation to surrender that privacy if a warrant isnt in play....

In the wake of a mass shooting, a few things are inevitable. The bans seem unlikely at best, of course. That rampage itself followeda racially-motivated mass shootingin Buffalo, N.Y., by only 10 days. So far this year, there have been27 school shootingsandmore than 200 mass shootings. Like theFirst Amendment, it can be and is cited politically and socially and is widely debated. They had muskets with single-round magazines. We have access to weapons with high-capacity magazines and much more force....

In 18th and 19th century England and Scotland, sin eating was a profession. When a loved one lay dying on the bed, families would call one of these sin eaters home. This, rather dubiously, provided the departing a way into heaven. Where Did the Sin Eaters Come From? The origin of the macabre practice remains elusive. It was an effort to fill the gap left by the departed Catholic sacraments of confession and absolution....

Have you ever opened your washing machine only to be met with a foul, funky stench? Did you shrug and ignore it? But it got worse, didnt it? Until eventually, your newly washed clothes smelled like mildew. We both had mold and bacteria growing in our washers and befouling our laundry. Luckily, its fairly simple to clean your washing machine and prevent the mold from growing back. Why is there black mold growing in my washing machine?...

Luckily, I have some experience here, and can offer my insights and advice. Its also extremely user-friendly, and much easier to work with than most other publishers. Itch.io supports Windows, Mac, and Linux games on the service. You also dont have to meet a specific revenue threshold to collect your payouts. So, clearly Itch.io is a creator-focused platform, but youre probably wondering whats the catch? Well, frankly, there isnt much of one....

Pont Ambroix was built in the first century BC and originally consisted of 11 arches. It was never repaired. A sketch of the bridge by Anne Rulman in 1620 shows four arches. An 1839 lithograph and a painting by Gustave Courbet in 1857 show two arches. The floods of 1933 reduced the bridge to its last arch that we see today. Photo:Steve Shupe/Flickr Pont Ambroix on the Vidourle as drawn by Ann Rulman 1620....

The Dighton Rock in 1893. The Dighton Rock is approximately 5 feet high, 9.5 feet wide, and 11 feet long. One of the first mentions of the Dighton Rock can be found in 1680 when the English colonist Rev. John Danforth made a drawing of the petroglyphs, which has been preserved in the British Museum. However, Danforths drawing conflicts with other reports on the rock at a similar time. During the 19th century, many popular publications and public figures mentioned the rock....

Its trueno one can go to the lengths that our parents cover for us. These city folks hung their kids in baby cages by their window sills. What Does That Mean? Baby cages were exactly what you would think them to be: mesh cages sized to fit infants. That, though, was not their most absurd quality. These cages were mounted on window sills and stuck out of buildings. Not for long though, for her neighbors almost called the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children....