I have only a few historical highlights to share this weekend.
I hope you learn something new, such as…
The woman who may have written “Mary Had a Little Lamb” was a 19th century American media mogul.
The Chinese brewed beer 5000 years ago.
The world’s oldest stamps are travelling from the UK to the U.S. in a bomb-proof case.
Taiwan has 24-hour bookstores where you can read as long as you want.
When it rains in Boston secret sidewalk poems are revealed.
Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
P.S. Breaking news: Archaeologists believe they’ve found Aristotle’s tomb.
I love the sidewalk poems in Boston! I hope they put some classics, like:
“The rain is raining all around,
It falls on field and tree,
It rains on the umbrellas here,
And on the ships at sea.”
How about:
“The day is cold, and dark, and dreary;
It rains, and the wind is never weary;
The vine still clings to the mouldering wall,
But at every gust the dead leaves fall,
And the day is dark and dreary.”
I think your choice is better!