Posts Tagged ‘ Dixon ’

This Week In History

April 19, 2009
By

• On April 20, 1998, physicists at the International Slumber Research Center broke the 5,000 thread count barrier. Bedding of such magnitude was previously thought to be impossible. Early experiments yielded sheets that remained stable for mere fractions of a second, and required the use of massive hyperbaric chambers. It wasn’t until the ISRC...
Read more »

Tags: , , , ,
Posted in This Week In History | Comments Off

This Week In History

April 5, 2009
By

In honor of Opening Day, we present an all-baseball edition of “This Week.” • On April 5, 1985, the San Diego Zoo placed a lifelong ban on Goose Gossage, on the same day that the zoo’s entire giraffe population was found slaughtered and half-devoured. When asked about a possible connection, both parties refused to...
Read more »

Tags: , , ,
Posted in This Week In History | Comments Off