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New York City’s iconic Empire State Building was the tallest building in the world after its completion on April 11, 1931.
There were other “skyscrapers” at that time, but the Empire State Building was the crown jewel of its day because it was the only building on Earth that had at least 100 floors.
Have you ever wondered what the workday must have been like for the iron workers who actually built the “skeletons” of those early skyscrapers? [Read more…]
I’ve featured several videos of the aurora (aka Northern and Southern Lights) over the years because I really enjoy seeing them myself and I know that many of you enjoy them as well.
Today’s time-lapse video features the awesome beauty of the Northern Lights as they dance brightly in the skies above Delta Junction, Alaska. [Read more…]
Rural Johnson County, Tennessee is home to Backbone Rock, one of numerous natural wonders that are well-known to locals and absolutely fascinating to the visitors who happen to stop by.
I grew up just a few miles from “The Rock” in nearby southwestern Virginia. It’s always been one of my favorite places to visit. [Read more…]
The massive amount of snow that fell on western New York state a few weeks ago got me to wondering just how tall the tallest snowfalls in history must have been.
Of course there’s no way to know how much snow fell in many parts of the world in centuries past, but the video featured below lists the 10 tallest snowfalls that were ever recorded as of four years ago. [Read more…]
Are you old enough to have grown up watching the old Warner Brothers cartoons featuring Bugs Bunny, Porky the Pig, Daffy Duck, Pepé Le Pew, Speedy Gonzalez, Yosemite Sam and the dozens of other cartoon characters that graced the Warner Brothers screens?
If so, you surely noticed how distinctive all those characters’ voices were.
Well here’s something you might not know about those voices… [Read more…]