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Feb. 4, 1951: Major Assist Removes Enormous Cyst
1951: Doctors in Chicago complete the longest operation in history — a four-day marathon — to remove an enormous 300-pound ovarian cyst from a 58-year-old patient. The patient, Gertrude Levandowski,...
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Aug. 31, 1920: News Radio Makes News
1920: A Detroit station airs what is believed to be the first radio news broadcast. The exact headlines of that day are of no historical significance, but with this local newscast a nascent medium...
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Video: 101st Airborne Delivers Game Ball From Above
Delivering game balls to the official before a football game isn’t normally a big deal. Oh, maybe some famous former player will get to come and wave to the crowd before he hands the ball to the head...
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Nov. 3, 1900: The Grandmother of All Auto Shows
1900: The first major automobile show in the United States opens at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It wasn’t the first automobile show held in the United States. It wasn’t even the first held...
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Nov. 18, 1883: Railroad Time Goes Coast to Coast
1883: U.S. and Canadian railways adopt five standardized time zones to replace the multiplicity of local times in communities across the continent. Everyone would soon be operating on “railroad time.”...
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March 7, 1897: First Morning of the Cornflake
1897: Dr. John Kellogg, believing that a strict diet (along with vigorous exercise, fresh air and plenty of rest) benefits the patients at his sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, serves up the...
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Jan. 25, 1945: Fluoridation — Better Teeth, or Commie Plot?
Grand Rapids, Michigan, fluoridates its water, beginning a controversy that remains unsettled to this day. The post Jan. 25, 1945: Fluoridation — Better Teeth, or Commie Plot? appeared first on WIRED.
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Sharks Aren’t in the Great Lakes, but Testicle-Nipping Fish Are
"It’s not normal to get your testicles bitten off, of course, but it can happen.” The post Sharks Aren’t in the Great Lakes, but Testicle-Nipping Fish Are appeared first on WIRED.
View ArticleFront Yard Veggie Garden – Cleared of All Charges
Earlier this month, GeekMom Kris Bordessa wrote about the story of a Michigan woman, Julie Bass, who was being prosecuted for having a front yard garden. The Bass family put in the garden after their...
View ArticleBanned Book Week: Harry Potter and The Banned Book
I didn’t get into the Harry Potter books right away. I think I had heard about them but I didn’t get around to reading them until the next town over from my hometown banned them. The fact that Zeeland,...
View ArticleMy Personal Connection To Real Steel
If you look at a map of Michigan, you will notice that it is in the shape of a hand. You will know if someone is from Michigan if they will hold out their hand to point out where they live. My inlaws...
View ArticleGeekMoms at ArtPrize 2012
GeekMom Amy Kraft and I took off last Wednesday for Grand Rapids, Michigan and the ArtPrize 2012 exhibition--at least our faces and our dreams did. Amy and I were participants in honorary GeekMom and...
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