Historical
Why Are Toilets Separated by Sex?
Public toilets are mandated to be segregated based on biological sex all around the world: one for men, another for women. However, the practice of separating public toilets wasn't prominent until quite recently. For instance, in the United States (US), laws mandating this separation were enacted only in the late 19th century.
By Wei Xiang Ang5 years ago in FYI
The Book Healer
Sweet, savory, fine leather.....not the kind for bondage, but for books. I developed my book bondage, happily enslaved, at the age of ten. I was at a yard sale and saw them with their gilt, floral decorations gleaming in the sunlight, like a beacon from heaven calling to me.
By Nancy German5 years ago in FYI
Archeological Wonder Series: Göbekli Tepe
6000 years older than Stonehenge, this Turkish archeological site changed the idea that agriculture and settlement came before the concept of beliefs and spirituality. Göbekli Tepe is 12,000 years old and has been changing archaeological theories since its discovery.
By yanina maysonet5 years ago in FYI
The Book Healer
Sweet, savory, fine leather.....not the kind for bondage, but for books. I developed my book bondage, happily enslaved, at the age of ten. I was at a yard sale and saw them with their gilt, floral decorations gleaming in the sunlight, like a beacon from heaven calling to me.
By Nancy German5 years ago in FYI
The Gunpowder Plot, 1605
“Remember, remember, the 5th of November – gunpowder, treason and plot”. This was the day on which the opening of Parliament in 1605, attended by King James I and all the members of the Houses of Lords and Commons, would have been sabotaged by a massive explosion, had the plot succeeded. The plotters hoped thereby to start a revolution that would have resulted in the restoration of a Catholic regime in Great Britain, following years of repression of Catholics under Queen Elizabeth I and now her successor James, despite him being the son of a Catholic mother, namely Mary Queen of Scots.
By John Welford5 years ago in FYI
The Crimean War, 1853-6
On 4th October 1853 Turkey declared war on Russia, thus setting in train the events that would lead to the Crimean War. By its end, a quarter of a million men would have died, many of them in appalling conditions from cold and disease, as opposed to being direct battle casualties.
By John Welford5 years ago in FYI
Sir Robert Peel
Sir Robert Peel, the founder of the modern Conservative Party, was born on 5th February 1788. Robert Peel’s early years Robert Peel was born at Bury in Lancashire but grew up at Drayton Manor near Tamworth in Staffordshire. This is known today as the site of a popular theme park, although the original house no longer exists. The estate was bought by Robert Peel’s father who had made a fortune in the textiles industry and used his money to buy his way into the social and political establishment.
By John Welford5 years ago in FYI
James Edward Stuart: "The Old Pretender"
On 4th February 1716 James Francis Edward Stuart abandoned his attempt to seize the crowns of England, Scotland and Ireland from the Hanoverian King George I. He is less well-known than his son (“Bonnie Prince Charlie”) although history knows them as the Old Pretender and Young Pretender, respectively.
By John Welford5 years ago in FYI
