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\"the-blue-ridge-parkway-340x227\"Why We Drive on Parkways and Park on Driveways<\/a><\/p>\n

To most people the fact that we drive on parkways and park on driveways is rarely pondered upon. This only comes to mind when pointed out by particularly cringe-worthy comedians, who no doubt are also likely to muse on why the Royal Mail service delivers \u201cpost\u201d while the U.S. Postal Service delivers \u201cmail\u201d. But once pointed out, it does all make you wonder\u2026\u00a0As it turns out, there\u2019s a perfectly valid explanation for why we drive on parkways and park on driveways- the majority of words have been around longer than cars and many have seen their definitions evolve over time, as parkways and driveways have likewise evolved.\u00a0For example, if you went back to the 19th century…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"screw-340x223\"Why Screws Tighten Clockwise<\/a><\/p>\n

One of the six simple machines, a screw is nothing more than an inclined plane wrapped around a center pole. While today screws come in standard sizes, and typically are tightened by turning clockwise (and loosened by turning counterclockwise), this is a recent invention. A great example of how things that seem simple can be really hard to do right, the development of the predicable system we enjoy today took 2,000 years to invent.\u00a0Archytas of Tarentum (428 BC \u2013 350 BC), a friend of Plato, is believed to have invented the screw around 400 BC, while Archimedes (287 BC \u2013 212 BC) was one of the first to realize the screw\u2019s ability to fix things together, as well as to lift water. The Romans developed…(more<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"death-of-george-washington-340x191\"The Death of George Washington<\/a><\/p>\n

After the Revolutionary War, George Washington looked forward to a quiet retirement as a gentleman farmer in Virginia. But this was not to be as he was repeatedly called back to serve the needs of the new nation he helped create.\u00a0When he was called to serve as the United States\u2019 first president in 1789, Washington said on April 16 of that year, \u201cMy love of retirement is so great, that no earthly consideration, short of a conviction of duty, could have prevailed upon me to depart from my resolution \u2018never more to take any share in transactions of a public nature.\u201d\u00a0When his term was up, he was unanimously re-elected, keeping him away from his home, Mount Vernon, for another four years. As war was looming on the horizon in 1798, Washington accepted command…(more<\/a>)
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