The Tempest Prognosticator Used Leeches To Predict Stormy Weather
Today was the birthday in 1794 of George Merryweather, the inventor of his era’s most fascinating leech-based weather predicting contraption: the tempest prognosticator.
There Was A Movement To Make Sicily Part Of The US
On this day in 1943, an interesting headline in the New York Times: “Sicily Vying With Hawaii To Become 49th U.S. State.”