Tom Seversike - Writer
Conspiracy Theories are so fun to talk about. So for the three people that read this article, I have brought together two of my favorites and I will give my needed and wanted opinion. First, faked moon landing. A guy named Bill Kaysing did two things of note. One, he started the theory that the moon landing was fake. Two, it gave me the idea to put muzzles on ducks. Get it? Bill Casing? I hate myself. His doubts started when he was thinking about how it didn’t seem that NASA had the technological capabilities. I think this is an odd reason because it’s not like NASA is just handing out documents declaring what they can and cannot do. This was during the space race and they couldn’t let the commies know what they were capable of doing or not doing. In his defense, though, he probably knew a good deal more than other people at the time because he worked Rocketdyne. This helped in the design of the Saturn V rocket engine, and sounded like an evil corporation from a comic book. In 1976, he made a pamphlet, called “We Never Went to the Moon: America’s Thirty Billion Dollar Swindle.” Despite how crazy and low-quality the pamphlet was, people read it and listened to him. Some people still believe him to this day, and you can see for yourself if you want to risk your health and go on Reddit. Despite a lot of evidence such as visible footprints and a rock from the moon, many people believe the moon landing was a lie. I think it’s hilarious if it was fake and the moon rock is just from Montana or something and now for the first time, something from Montana is exciting. In the next one, I would like to take a gander at is the whole 5G will kill us all thing. People started fearing Electromagnetic waves more in 1979 when a study came out suggesting that children who lived near power lines were more likely to develop cancer. And since this was around the Cold War, people were scared of radiation and the cancer or the communism it might give you. (I apologize for the communism jokes, I promise I’m not that lazy or unfunny in person) This caused people to begin fearing other household items such as hair dryers or microwaves. And the people who were afraid of the waves a hair dryer emits aren’t the biggest fan of cellphones, tiny radiation boxes in your pocket, giving you cancer and convenience. With the new 5G, along with its aggressive advertising and release similar to the time the pandemic started, has people quaking in their boots. The most obvious thing to say to people who believe this is this: What do people who provide 5G have to gain from dying customers and a plummeting economy? And WHO has conducted many studies that there aren’t health risks from low level EM waves? But if these were rational, well informed people this wouldn’t be a problem so we can just sit there and laugh at them I guess. In conclusion, I don’t know, be smart. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/05/great-5g-conspiracy/611317/ https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jul/10/one-giant-lie-why-so-many-people-still-think-the-moon-landings-were-faked
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Tom Seversike - Writer
Jelly is older than you may think. During the Crusades, soldiers would often bring home jelly and the methods of making it. It was valuable because it was easily stored and provided energy quickly, so now you can take the Holy Land right after breakfast. The oldest recipe for making fruit preserves comes from the first century A.D. The book that held this recipe was titled De Re Coquinaria which translates to “The Art of Cooking”. Now to add to this useless knowledge you're acquiring, is the difference between jam and jelly. Jam is smoother and clearer than jam which is more opaque and chunkier. There’s also marmalade which is just preserves but made with bitter oranges so there is still some sweetness, but it’s sharper than jam or jelly. This is typically more popular in the U.K. than in the U.S. Jams and jellies tend to be healthier than Marmalade because they contain less sugar and more fiber. In conclusion, these tasty spreads are a great way to wake up and make the Pope proud.
Tom Seversike - Writer
Latex gloves are honestly underrated; they provide a cheap, sanitary way to do things from scrubbing a toilet to performing a surgery. They came into use in 1883 by request of a doctor named William Stewart Halsted. He asked the Goodyear Tire Company if they’d make a glove that would be dipped in carbolic acid. However, the gloves were not widely used until 1884 because the gloves were so hard to put on. To remedy the issue, they added a mixture of lycopodium spores and talcum powder. This, however, turned out to be harmful to the people that came in contact with the gloves during an operation. In modern day, we use corn flour, which came into popularity in 1975. Latex gloves are also made differently nowadays. First, the rubber is harvested from the rubber tree. This is done in early morning so the heat doesn’t make the rubber flow sluggish. The rubber stops flowing after about 6 hours, draining a gallon of rubber from the tree. Then the rubber is mixed with minerals such as sulfur and zinc oxide. Next, the factory’s plastic molds of hands are bathed in chlorine and bleach to prepare for the rubber coating. If even a little dirt gets in the rubber, it would cause a gaping hole in the glove. After the rubber coating has dried on the molds, they are tested for strength and holes. A person stretches and inflates the gloves. If they pass these tests, they are sent off for purchase. Before researching this topic, I had no idea the time and materials necessary to make something as simple and underrated as a latex glove. |
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