Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! While not Irish myself, I do have quite a few Irish relatives by marriage on my Italian mother’s side. (“They meet each other in church!” as my Irish uncle-by-marriage once cheerfully explained to me.) To honor… Read More
In 1912, an inventor who claimed to have invented a coat parachute tested his invention by leaping from the first deck of the Eiffel Tower. He was killed in the attempt.