I subscribe to Samuel Pepys’ diary. Every evening I get an installment that corresponds to the same day and date that he wrote, 353 years ago. And every once in awhile he writes an entry that is really notable. Such… Read More
City streets could be very dark in the days before street lamps. On moonless nights, citizens in 18th century European cities could hire a “link boy” to light the way, whether to precede the passenger who was on foot, or… Read More
People first started using needles about 10,000 BC. The needles were made from woolly-mammoth tusks, bird bones, fish bones, or bamboo. Thread was made from animal guts or hair.