Voila! My new book: North America: A Fold-Out Graphic History. Published by What on Earth Books, in conjunction with Smithsonian, it’s an eight-foot-long, accordion-style timeline of Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean. You can read more about it at… Read More
In 986, a Viking named Bjarni Herjólfsson became the first European to spot North America. He was lost, trying to sail from Iceland to Greenland.… Read More
In 1780, a prisoner in Newgate jail named William Addis created a toothbrush by boring holes into a bone and adding bristles. When he was released, he founded Britain's first toothbrush factory.
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