Ever wonder why the color purple has long been known as the color reserved for royalty?
I’ve blogged before–actually a few times–about what a dismal job it was to be a textile dyer, over the course of centuries. Before the… Read More
In 1865, the British government decreed that all self-propelled motor vehicles had to travel at walking speed and be preceded by a man waving a red flag. The law was not repealed until 1893.