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The question of which sound was the first ever to be recorded seems to have a pretty straightforward answer. It was captured in Paris by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville in the late 1850s, nearly two decades before Alexander Graham Bell’s first telephone call (1876) or Thomas Edison’s phonograph (1877). Read More...
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Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images Reading Time: 2 minutes Filipino singer Jake Zyrus recently announced that he’ll be performing on the Stonewall stage during the San Diego Pride Festival. Zyrus has long been an advocate of mental health and LGBTQIA+ rights awareness.
Jake Zyrus Announces Participation in San Diego Pride Festival Weeks after he declared a social media detox, Zyrus came back to the digital platform and announced his colorful news. Read More...
Profession: Goldsmith and Financier
Biography: Johann Fust played a key role in the development of the printing press. Fust was born into a prominent family in Mainz around 1400, eventually taking up work as a goldsmith and financier. He became involved in printing by his financial support of Johann Gutenberg, lending money to Gutenberg to develop the printing press. In 1455, however, the pair had a still mysterious disagreement and Fust sued Gutenberg to recover his investment. Read More...
