The light bulb scam
23 Jan 2023
A conspiracy was hatched in Geneva in Switzerland on 23 December 1924. The conspirators were top executives of the biggest light bulb manufacturing companies in the world.
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Ralph Nader – activist
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Jan 2023
If you’ve ever been involved with a people’s movement, or a consumer movement, it’s likely that you have heard the name of Ralph Nader. More so if you were growing up in the 1960s
How did watches evolve?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Nov 2022
I was reading an article on how humans and other animals evolved from their primeval ancestors. As you probably know, unless you think some god or gods just decided one fine day to create humans for some strange reason, it was by a process of natural selection!
The proof in the sand
31 Oct 2022
You may squirm, or you may throw a brickbat at me when you read this mixed metaphor. But here it is: the proof of the pudding is written in the sand.
George Westinghouse – prolific inventor
25 Oct 2022
If you ever wish to know more about the history of electrical appliances, and do a search, there is little possibility of your missing the name of George Westinghouse. His achievements included several mechanical as well as electrical devices.
The plural of moose
23 Oct 2022
Do you know what the plural of ‘moose’ is? You know what a moose is, right? You can see what it looks like below
What in heavens is a sandwich?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Oct 2022
A sandwich is just two slices of bread with some vegetables, cheese, meat or other stuff in between.
Who was right, the Americans or the British?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Oct 2022
I did know that British and American spellings of the word were different – the British write ‘tyre’, and the Americans ‘tire’. But I always thought that this was because the Americans wanted to be different from the British.
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