The citizens of Morton, Minnesota, are probably doing a repeat performance of this pyrotechnic display today as they join the rest of the US in a celebration of Independence Day. If you want to blow the minds of your family and friends at the barbecue, steer the conversation toward fireworks and casually drop this truth bomb: Gunpowder, the fuel that makes the fireworks explode, was invented in ancient China by Taoist alchemists who hoped to create an immortality elixir. That’s some dramatic irony, at least in hindsight. Be safe!
Let’s celebrate
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Cranborne Chase, England
-
Whales in winter
-
Summer winds down in the Hamptons
-
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park turns 103
-
Marine Day in Japan
-
You re feeling sleepy
-
Observing World Braille Day in Bavaria
-
Kawachi Fuji Garden
-
National Mushroom Month
-
Celebrating Bike to Work Week, May 14-18
-
Winter solstice
-
Red skies at Ruby Beach
-
All is silent for Big Ben’s musical milestone
-
An island hopper s paradise
-
Gem State views
-
Brooklyn Bridge Park in Brooklyn, New York
-
Fiesta at Siesta
-
Ahh-tumn
-
National Park Week begins
-
A Welsh wonder turns 70