Author Archives: WeRaven
7 Facts About Easter: Traditions and Origins Unveiled
From the origins of its name to the unique customs observed in different corners of the world, here are seven enlightening facts about Easter that may just surprise you. 1. The Easter Bunny’s Ancient Origins: Far from its current chocolate form, the Easter Bunny traces its lineage to pagan traditions. As Christianity spread, missionaries adeptly… Read More »
Image of white vapour trails in the sky does not show ‘chemtrails’
Policies highlighted in Facebook Reels post were not part of latest Budget
Debt isn’t ‘cleared’ if an offer of payment in cash is refused
Unevidenced Diane Abbott quote about ‘the problem with Britain’ recirculates online
unbfacts: 14 years before the Titanic sank, someone wrote a…
unbfacts: 14 years before the Titanic sank, someone wrote a novel about a ship named Titan which also sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, in the same month, and struck an iceberg located with the same distance from Newfoundland (Terranova) Although the novel was written before the Olympic-class Titanic was even designed, there are some… Read More »
The Many Myths Surrounding Nikola Tesla
In the mid-19th century, the Austrian Empire, which stretched for over a thousand miles (1600 km) from Italy to Ukraine, was a place of contradictions. The ruling patriarch, Minister of the Interior Baron Alexander von Bach, was on the one hand something of a despot, abolishing public trials, reducing the freedom of the press and imprisoning… Read More »
Are Booster Seats Actually Safer Than Just Seatbelts
If you are like many parents watching your children’s booster seats slide around while they hop into the vehicle and otherwise wonder what precisely is the way you’re supposed to incorporate the seatbelt around the bits so it’s properly positioned on the kids (we’ll get into how to always do this one correctly later in… Read More »
America’s First Power Couple
History often remembers the great men of each era, their very public accomplishments, and the trials and tribulations they may or may not have gone through to get there, sometimes to the extreme. What’s often forgotten in many cases is the men generally didn’t do any of it alone. For most, there was their partner… Read More »
A Cure for the Living Dead
If ever there was a living embodiment of the Roaring 20s, it was Eben Byers. The scion of a New York steelmaking fortune, Byers indulged in every hobby and luxury his wealth and social status allowed. He kept luxury homes across the United States, collected fine art, owned stables of racehorses, held titles in trap… Read More »