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Have you ever wondered where insurance actually came from? Who were the first people to be insured – and why? Insurance is one of those things we tend to take for granted. It just seems to have always been there. The history of insurance is an interesting one, but the basic idea has always been the same. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary describes insurance as, “coverage by contract whereby one party undertakes to indemnify or guarantee another against loss by a specified contingency or peril.” So the basis of insurance is “guarantee against loss”.

Hey, want to go to a birthday party? It’s the biggest party of the year. In fact, it’s happening all across the United States. It’s at my place, it’s at your place, it’s at everyone’s place. It’s on the Fourth of July – Independence Day. It’s a celebration of the freedom achieved by a new nation. The history of Independence Day is quite interesting. So acquaint yourself with the facts, and you’ll realize why it’s such a cause for celebration.

The grape – where did it come from? How did somebody figure out they could crush it, ferment the juice, and come up with wine? The answer to that is – nobody knows. The history of wine is a cloudy one, at least before 6000 B.C. It’s been said that there was an awful lot of wine consumed in those days, so perhaps that’s why there wasn’t much recording of current happenings at the time. So we’ll outline what we do know about the major progressions of wine drinking and wine making throughout the years.

It may interest you to know that before 1991 web hosting as you know it today did not exist.

Then again, you probably wouldn’t recognize the internet before 1991, either. But to look at the history of website hosting, you have to look at the history of the internet itself. The internet may be the greatest media advancement since radio and television, but the internet as we know it today is powered by nearly 50 million websites forming its central nervous system.

Without websites, where could you go when you when you went online?

Hearing aids may have a comical side to them (though not if you need one), and be a popular subject for mayhem in cartoons and from comedy shows; though less so nowadays in our increasingly sensitive times. But they have gotten smaller, more discreet and more effective as technological advances have come upon the scene, and this fact could be as much responsible for the lessening of joking asides and assaults as is the fear of legal action or the now encouraged thoughtfulness.

Trick or treat! Isn’t it fun to see all the little children dressed up in their Halloween costumes? The little angels, the little devils; the little cowboys, the little Indians; the little fairies, the little witches – all shapes and styles of fun costumes. But have you ever thought about where this custom came from? We’d like to tell you all about the interesting history of Halloween. So put on your Halloween costume and read on.

They say the Internet is vast; and it truly is. With seemingly limitless enthusiasm, humanity marches forever onwards (and hopefully upwards as well, though unfortunately not in many cases) in its quest and thirst for knowledge and information.

Golf is truly one of the great sports of the world, being played in almost every country to a greater or lesser extent, and being enthusiastically followed by millions more on television who have never themselves teed off or sunk a putt, but still can appreciate and love the game from the comfort of their armchair (feeling especially smug when the weather is not at its finest for the players).

But where did it all begin? And how did the simple idea of hitting a small ball into a hole with a misshapen stick capture such a following?

If you’re a history buff, or even if you’re not, you may have wondered why this old saying comes up again and again throughout time: “Necessity is the mother of invention.” Well, here it is again. But if it’s repeated so many times, there must be some truth to it, wouldn’t you think? So when we’re looking at the history of garage doors, it’s only natural that it would follow the history of the car. Let’s see why.

Fax machines - new technology, right? Not so, my friend. Of course, they don't go back as far as the old smoke or drum signals used centuries ago. But they do go back over 150 years.

Fax machines (short for facsimile machines) are now an integral member of the office machine family, including the printer and the photocopier. However, the fax machine uses a different technology than the others. And when you discover the historic path of office machine technology, you'll see why the fax machine was the forerunner.