Recent archeological discovery suggests that chemical weapons were already used over 2'000 years ago - in a war between Persian and Roman empires.
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Always wanted to build a rocket, but were afraid to use all the stuff that burns or explodes? Apparently you don't need to! All that's required is some water. Plastic bottle, which is also easy to find, is filled with water. Then pressurised air pushes the water out through the rocket nozzle and provides thrust for the rocket.
Earth is going to pass through the stream of debris from Swift-Tuttle comet. Earth goes through this stream every year, and when it does we are able to observe quite a spectacular meteor show. The peak this year is scheduled 11th and 12th of August, so make sure you do not miss it! Here's what NASA suggests for the best observation:
As foreign exchange provider Travelex reports, scottish families spend most when abroad on holidays. An average scottish family spends bit over £600 for a week abroad. Families in south England spend around £450 per week and Londoners spend nearly £500 every week when on holiday overseas.
On Saturday 20 June 2009, we will mark the 500th anniversary of King Henry VIII’s coronation (24 June 1509) with a magnificent Tudor river pageant sailing from the Tower of London along the River Thames to the King’s favourite surviving royal residence, Hampton Court Palace. 
Slippery Snake has recently returned from over 2.5 weeks journey around the Great Britain. Most of the time was spent in Wales and Scotland. It will take some time, but detail report will follow and those who dare will be able to follow our steps. It wasn't a leisure trip, we aimed to see a lot and do a lot, which I think we have achieved quite well, only removing few items from the original plan. Those who followed us on Twitter know that we had few adventurous moments as well, such as holding our tent in win gusts exceeding 60 km/h, etc. (we had to throw the tent away on our last day as it completelly broke and apparently those specific flexible poles are not on sale anymore).
40 years ago Apollo-11 approached the Moon and it's lunar module (called "Eagle") landed on the Moon's surface. First step on the Moon has been made by astronaut Neil Armstrong. His words entered the history: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind". Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin spent 2.5 hours on the Moon and collected over 20kg of Moon rock samples. On the way back to lunar module, astronauts accidentally broke an engine switch and had to use felt-tip pen to fix it. Three days later (July 24th) astronauts returned back to Earth.
Today is birthday of a great inventor and electrical engineer - Nikola Tesla. He was born in 1856 and died in 1943. Nikola is best known for the invention of alternating current (electrical current that alternates its flowing direction, instead of flowing just one way). Using AC (alternating current) electricity allows transferring electrical energy over much greater distances, and basically you can say that Tesla lit the world. 
Donald Duck is 75 today. His birthay is 1934 June 9, when he first appeared in Walt Disnay cartoon "The Wise Little Hen". Did you know, that his full name is Donald Fauntleroy Duck?Login
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