The sky is simply the unobstructed view upward from Earth’s surface, including our atmosphere and outer space beyond. On a clear day, the sky looks blue because air molecules scatter shorter blue wavelengths of sunlight more than longer ones. This effect is called Rayleigh scattering. If Earth had no atmosphere, the sky would appear black…
Our Visit To Parcheggio Pizza (Greenville SC)
Pizza Parcheggio is a pizza joint in the Laurens Road area of Greenville, South Carolina. I had no idea it existed until recently. The prices online weren’t exactly inviting, but my mom and my kids needed a place to eat on a Saturday while we were out, so I took them here. The place is…
Fun Facts and Trivia About Roads
The earliest known paved roads were built in Mesopotamia around 4000 BCE. They were made from stone slabs to support wheeled carts used for trade. Roman roads were engineered for durability and built in layered systems of stone, gravel, and sand. Many of them are still the foundation of modern European roads more than 2,000…
Things I Hate: Waylon Jones/Killer Croc (DCEU)
Killer Croc is a very hit-or-miss Batman villain because he can either be really awesome or really stupid. His incarnation in the DC Extended Universe was a big, giant letdown. In some versions of the character, he’s big and vicious, almost like King Shark, but instead he’s just some dude with crocodile skin. We pretty…
Fun Facts and Trivia About The Chemical Element Technetium
Technetium was the first element ever discovered artificially, not in nature. Its name comes from the Greek word technetos, meaning “artificial.” Technetium has no stable isotopes. Every form of it is radioactive. It was discovered in 1937, making it one of the later elements added to the periodic table. Its atomic number is 43, the…