William Shakespeare

He was born in 1564 and died in 1616.He wrote mainly tragedies, about 40 plays, 154 sonnets and other works of other kinds. Despite being popular during his life, his popularity grew especially after his death. I chose him because he was a famous writer.

 

by Karolex 

The tallest man in the world

Robert Pershing Wadlow was the tallest man ever known. He was born on February 22nd, 1918 in Alton, Illinois, USA.  He died  on July 15th, 1940, Manistee, Michigan, USA.
His parents were Addie and Harold Wadlowowie. At birth he weighed less than four kilograms. In fifth year of life he was155 cm tall, and in the third grade of primary school surpassed the teacher. When he was 13 years old, he already measured 224 cm. At the age of 18 years has reached 254 cm. At the age of 22, before his death, he reached the height of 272 cm and the weight of 222 kg.

By Szpulka 

Summer Photos

Hey guys !
I took some nice photos of my granny's cats. Have a look !

 

James Bradley

James Bradley

James Bradley – he was born in 1693 and died in 1762.

He was an astronomer, and  in 1742 the royal astronomer. The biggest discovery of Bradley was the observation aberration of light, the apparent motion of the stars in the sky resulting from the orbital motion of the earth. Confirmation of the existence of aberrations strengthened Copernican model of the solar system with a star in the center and circling around the Earth. Its main observatory was located in Greenwich. Most of the astronomer's observations were published after his death in 1798-1805. I chose him because he discovered 3222 stars !

by Karolex

Aflred North WhiteHead

Alfred North Whitehead

He was born on 15 February 1861 and died on 30 December  1947. He was an English philosopher,  mathematician and physicist. He was the author of philosophy of organism. He collaborated with Bertrand Russell on Principia Mathematica 1910-1913. His scientific activity was divided into three disciplines : the first was devoted to mathematics, the second - natural history, and the third – cosmology and ontology. I chose him because I like physics and mathematics :)

 

by Karolex

WINDSOR WINGNUTS

In June 1994 in Caernafron village Charles, Prince of Wales (who has very big ears) was celebrating his 25 years "princing". A local shop was selling false big ears which were called "Windsor Wingnuts". Customers could stick them to their ears and look like the Prince of Wales. Later the shop owner started selling masks of the Prince. At last police considered that these gadgets were offensive and awful, but the shop owner didn't give up and he didn't get rid of them. Police wanted to arrest him, but finally they didn't do it and the gadgets weren't banned.

Pick of the week

What is on this picture?  If you know, write on our email- saspang1@gmail.com!

  

photo by Disha

Unusual word of the week

The strange word of this week is...

floccinaucinihilipilification

-the categorising of something that is useless or trivial :-)

by Solcia