Author Archives: WeRaven
Banning Michael Jordan from Wearing Air Jordans
“On September 15th, Nike created a revolutionary new basketball shoe. On October 18th, the NBA threw them out of the game. Fortunately, the NBA can’t stop you from wearing them. Air Jordans from Nike.” This is a quote from arguably one of the single most successful ad campaigns of all time- the initial release of… Read More »
How Close Were the Soviets to Putting a Man on the Moon Before the U.S.?
In the first episode of the AppleTV series For All Mankind, the people of the world gather around their television sets in the summer of 1969 and watch in awe as the first human being sets foot on the moon. But in this reality, that human being is not NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong but Soviet… Read More »
In the early 1910s, New York City took most of a landlord’s building for a road and subway project,…
Outdoor and free-roaming cats are such strong hunters that studies estimate they kill billions of…
When the shopping cart debuted in 1937, many shoppers refused to use it, so inventor Sylvan Goldman…
The Incredible Story of the Largest Wealth Transfer in History
At 7:35 A.M. on July 1st, 1940, a ship arrived in the port of Halifax, carrying a shipment of fish. Under the watchful eye of 300 armed policemen, the cargo, packed in hundreds of wooden crates, was methodically checked and rechecked before being loaded onto a dozen railcars. From Halifax, the shipment made its way… Read More »
The Humble Metal Can That Won WWII
“An army marches on its stomach.” This adage, variously ascribed to Frederick the Great or Napoleon Bonaparte, captured one of the universal truths of warfare: that battles are won not by men and weapons, but by logistics – the ability to efficiently and reliably supply said men and guns with the ammunition, food, medicine, and… Read More »
