Great Art Explained began in May 2020 with the simple premise that great art can be explained clearly and concisely in 15 ...

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Chanel, Dior, Saint Laurent – the names that define Parisian chic are French. But did you know that the entire French Haute Couture empire was built by … an Englishman? Join Eve Jackson at the ...

During the presentation of the Favorite County Duo or Group Award, Moroney commented the Carter family "basically invented country music" which led to a serious side-eye and chuckle from Shaboozey ...

Sadly, William Haines’s mechanical calculator didn’t fare as well. Who Was William Haines William Haines was an American who invented a remarkable mechanical calculator in the 19th century. Unlike ...

The manual transmission was invented by French inventors Louis-Rene Panhard and Emile Levassor in the 1890s. Prior to this, the first cars ran on a single-speed transmission that relied on a belt ...

The Chinese also invented fireworks rockets, which many people enjoy blowing up on the Fourth of July or New Year's Eve. Rocket technology improved slowly until the 20th century, when scientists ...

Terence Haggerty talks to customers in his family bar, Jody’s Club Forest, in Staten Island, New York, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) ...

If you ask Google who invented the toaster many results will still turn up MacMasters’ name. But, according to the BBC, MacMasters was actually a student in 2012, not an eccentric 19th-century ...

In 'Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live,' Susan Morrison goes behind the scenes of a tense meeting just days before the 2006 upfronts.