The history of April Fool’s Day or All Fool’s Day is uncertain, but the current thinking is that it began around 1582 in France with the reform of the calendar under Charles IX. The Gregorian Calendar was introduced, and New Year’s Day was moved from March 25 – April 1 (new year’s week) to January […]
West the orchid fries the beef
West the orchid fries the beef brand-new procedure to explain in detail (step by step matches chart) Vegetable name: West the orchid fries the beef Chinese Version Click Here Raw material: West orchid 1 cow fillet meat 300 gram garlic 2 petals Seasoning: The cooking wine 1 soupspoon (15ml) always pulls out 1/2 teaspoon (3ml) […]
NASA’s Final Space Shuttle Mission Comes To An End
On this day in 2011, NASA’s space shuttle program completes its final, and 135th, mission, when the shuttle Atlantis lands at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. During the program’s 30-year history, its five orbiters—Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis and Endeavour—carried more than 350 people into space and flew more than 500 million miles, and shuttle crews […]
Casey Anthony Released From Prison
On this day in 2011, Casey Anthony is released from jail in Orlando, Florida, 12 days after being acquitted on charges that she killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee. The Casey Anthony trial riveted Americans, many of whom were stunned when a jury found the 25-year-old not guilty in her young daughter’s death. Caylee Marie Anthony […]
50 Popular Baby Names Of The Decade
What baby names stood the test of time in the first decade of the 21st century? The envelope, please… Some of the top names had their heyday in the early part of the decade, others shot up the ranks later, and some were persistently popular all the way through. But all of them ended up […]
World’s Longest Bridge Over Water
China’s Jiaozhou Bay Bridge A sign that reads: “Shandong Highway Corp. invests to operate Shandong Highway Jiaozhou Bay Bridge” is seen at Qingdao Jiaozhou Bay Bridge in Qingdao, Shandong province June 27, 2011. The world’s longest sea bridge spanning Jiaozhou Bay of Qingdao City, Shandong Province, opened on Thursday, June 30, 2011. The bridge is […]
Beware of These ‘Dirty Dozen’ Tax Scams
As the tax deadline draws near, the Internal Revenue Service wants you to beware of fraudulent tax preparers, hidden offshore bank accounts and offers that seem too good to be true. In its “dirty dozen” list, released Tuesday, the IRS urged taxpayers to avoid falling prey to — or carrying out — a number of […]
Notorious Boston Mobster Whitey Bulger Is Arrested
On this day in 2011, after 16 years on the run from law enforcement, James “Whitey” Bulger, a violent Boston mob boss wanted for 19 murders, is arrested in Santa Monica, California. The 81-year-old Bulger, one of the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” fugitives, was arrested with his longtime companion, 60-year-old Catherine Greig, who fled Massachusetts […]