In 1917, a civil engineer pioneered the first deep-sea vehicle to attempt filming underwater. A century later, we have James ...

The sandwich was supposedly invented in 1762 when John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, couldn't be bothered to pause his gambling for a proper meal and asked for his meat to be served between bread ...

A 19th century drawing depicts an early modern birthday party, likely for a child from a wealthy family. (Image credit: Alamy) History of modern birthday parties The modern Western birthday ...

We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article. "Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live," by New Yorker articles editor Susan Morrison (to be published ...

For years, a rumor has circulated that greeting card companies invented Valentine's Day, which falls yearly on Feb. 14. However, the claim that greeting card companies created Valentine's Day is ...

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Cousteau : De l'homme à la légende s’appuie sur plus d’une centaine d’heures d’enregistrements audio, d’interviews et de témoignages de ses collaborateurs et membres d’équipage. Ce portrait intimiste ...

Who and when were the first gears invented? The first gear was most likely invented by the ancient Greek mechanics of Alexandria in at least the 4th century BC. Aristotle (384–322 BC) and other ...

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist at CERN, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989. The web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automatic information-sharing between ...