Prior to the seventeenth century, convicted criminals in Britain faced grim fates. Few went to prison—the Tower of London was reserved mostly for high class prisoners. Instead the courts relied on one of two options: physical punishment or death. And… Read More
You can estimate the outdoor temperature by counting cricket chirps. To convert chirps to degrees Fahrenheit, count the number of chirps in 14 seconds, and then add 40 to get the temperature.