Category Archive for egg white
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Spider-Dan and "Trumped"
On Memorial Day, 1981, Dan Goodwin did some climbing. Which sounds normal enough for a guy who was a rock climber... except his target was the surface of the (then) tallest building in the world - Chicago's Sears Tower -- and he scaled it dressed as Spider-Man. Read more...
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The Strike
This week back in 1827, a chemist based in Stockton-on-Tees, England, made a striking discovery. Learn about John Walker's accidental invention of the friction match, and then light up your night with these brilliant matchstick cocktails. Read more...
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Spencer's Sour
This week back in 1955, the average home kitchen changed forever. You can thank Raytheon's Percy Spencer - and the candy bar in his pocket - for being able to nuke your leftovers. Hear the radioactive history of the microwave, then get toasted in no time at all with this custom cocktail. Read more...
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Trumped
This week in 1981, outdoor adventurer Dan Goodwin did some climbing. Which sounds normal enough...except his target was the surface of the (then) tallest building in the world - Chicago's Sears Tower -- and he scaled it dressed as Spider-Man. Read more...
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Tybee Bomb
This week in 1958, the U.S. military lost an H-bomb. It's still lost... possibly somewhere off the coast of Tybee Island, Georgia. Read more...
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The Annuity
This week in 1883, gentleman thief Black Bart finally botched a job...after pulling off 27 stagecoach robberies. The lyrical larcenist left poems - but never dead bodies - at the scene of his crimes. Read more...
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The Eiffel Tower
On May 6th, 1889, the Eiffel Tower opened to the public-- it served as the entrance to the World's Fair in Paris. The tallest structure on Earth at the time, it still failed to impress many of France's most famous artistes, who considered it a dark stain on the City of Light. Read more...
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The Bloodyberry Fizz
This week back in 1844, the Navy's first propeller-powered steam ship, the USS Princeton, set sail from Alexandria, VA on a pleasure cruise. Read more...
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The 52 Fizz
For much of the 20th Century, England's romantic mist was actually a not-so-romantic brew of coal smoke and fog -- the word "smog" was coined to describe it. Read more...
