Author Archives: alina.ivanitskaya
Irish gangs are always ready to fight
For the most part, the Irish Gangs were not particularly like those shown in the movie. They did not spend their time fighting with gangs of “natives” who were trying to run them out of town. They actually spend most … Continue reading
Three little Pigs in The Great Depression
Because of the main problems has already covered in the blog, i decided to say something about the government problems that should help people in such difficult period. When the Great Depression started, Herbert Hoover was the president of the … Continue reading
How many books can You put in your backpack?
Without computers and internet our ancestors from 17th Century even couldn’t t imagine what is now our regular life. Before we read paper books, magazines and newspapers, but now technology of 21st Century has innovation such as Ebooks. Depending on … Continue reading
horses vs motors
Traffic in the 19th century New York moved at the ambling speed of horse-drawn cart, wagon and omnibus. The first mass transportation vehicle in America was called an omnibus. It looked like a stagecoach and was pulled by horses. The … Continue reading
Google got its name by accident. The founders misspelled the word “googol,” which refers to the number 1 followed by 100 zeroes.
Google started in January, 1996 as a research project at Stanford University, by Ph.D. candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were 24 years old and 23 years old respectively. The Google search engine receives about a billion search … Continue reading
693 foot hight towers, 2.7 miles long, $13 toll
When i came in NYC i settled right opposite the Verrazano bridge. I see it every day and for me it is especially necessary to know Who is Giovanni da Verrazzano and Why one of the beautiful double-decked suspension bridge … Continue reading
How to find a brilliant in information garbage
To me the idea to collect twits of regular people looks very attractive and helpful for further generation and historians. I see only the one problem in that case. Library of congress should systematize all information in some easy to … Continue reading