Thursday, October 13, 2016
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
Ferris Wheel
The original Ferris wheel was first displayed at the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. Its inventor was George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., a Pittsburgh-based bridge-builder.
- It stood 265 feet tall.
- One revolution took 10 minutes.
- Each of the 36 seating compartments could carry 60 people for a maximum total of 2,160 passengers.
- The wheel weighed just over 2 million pounds.
- On November 22, 1893, three years after his invention debuted, Ferris Jr. died of tuberculosis.
~ Source: History by Zim ~
Sunday, October 9, 2016
Friday, October 7, 2016
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
Monday, October 3, 2016
Under My Bed
There's a monster under my bed.
It plays loud music and dances around late at night.
That damn boogieman.
Saturday, October 1, 2016
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