Category Archive for sugar
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The B3
This week in 1899, Bayer Corp. patented a little pill they called "aspirin." For a healthy heart, listen to the history of it's creation once a day, then take two of these and call us in the morning. Read more...
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The Government Lunch
This week back in 1813, prosperous meatpacker (and army supplier) Samuel Wilson of Troy, NY became known "Uncle Sam" - a moniker that ultimately spread to cartoonish proportions and came to represent the U.S. government at large. Read more...
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The Abolitionist's Old Fashioned
This week back in 1856, Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner fell victim to a seious congressional beatdown at the hands of his southern cousin, Sen. Preston Brooks of South Carolina. Read more...
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Zamenhof Fizz
This week in 1887, linguophile L.L. Zamenhof completed his decade-in-the-making magnum opus: the Lingvo Internacia -- a universal language that came to be called Esperanto. Read more...
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The Civil War
This week in 1862, Union Major-General Ulysses S. Grant issued his infamous General Order Number 11 -- ordering every Jew in three Southern states to evacuate, on suspicion of war profiteering. 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...
