On November 13, 1946, a single propeller airplane took off from Schenectady County Airport with a rather unique payload, six pounds of dry ice and a rather unique mission. The pilot was a chemist named Vincent Schaefer who had been conducting [...]

Many years ago, Dr. Tony Campolo was teaching a class at the University of Pennsylvania when he turned an ordinary lecture into an unforgettable lesson. He asked the students sitting on the front row, "Young man, how long have you lived"? [...]

In 1853, America hosted its first world's fair in New York city, the organizers built an exhibition hall called the Crystal Palace to showcase the latest and greatest inventions. This is where a man named Elisha Otis stole the show by pulling [...]

On November 9, 1847, a civil engineer named Charles Ellet Jr, was commissioned to build a bridge over the Niagara Gorge. The question of course was, when and where and how do you get the first cable across an 825 foot chasm with 225 foot cliff on [...]

Bob Speca was a sophomore at Marple Newton High School. When he was first introduced to the math induction theory, His teacher, Mr. Dobransky like in that theory to the domino effect. After school, Bob Speca went and bought two boxes of dominoes. He [...]

There is a legend in Judaism about a man named Nahshon. He only gets one begat in the Bible. Of course, that's one more than you and me. He is the great, great, great grandfather of King David. He disappears almost as soon as he makes his [...]