Cayenne Pepper

Cayenne Pepper

You can also sprinkle a little cayenne pepper around the entrances to your home or directly onto the anthill (if you can find it). Though they’re looking for sugar, the ants will get a spicy (and repellant) treat instead. If you do find the anthill, Household Hackers recommends dousing it with cayenne-laced boiling water in order to kill the ants inside.

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The Real (& Really Weird) Story Behind The Cult-Fave Egyptian Magic Cream

The Real (& Really Weird) Story Behind The Cult-Fave Egyptian Magic Cream

What with the pyramids, the ankhs, and heavy-handed use of words like "mystic," "miraculous," and, most notably, "magic," one unscrews a jar of Egyptian Magic half-expecting a genie to fly out. But what you'll find instead is a simple, scent-free, six-ingredient blend of olive oil, beeswax, honey, bee pollen, royal jelly, and bee propolis — finished off with the formula's signature component of divine love.

Since first appearing on the market in 1991, the all-purpose skin cream has amassed a cult following mostly through word-of-mouth. It is made by hand in its own facilities in Texas and sold mainly online, on the brand's bare-bones website, and at health-food stores and homeopathic pharmacies. It is beloved by actresses, models, and celebrity makeup artists alike: Kate Hudson is one of its biggest celebrity fans, calling it her "all-around go-to"; Lauren Conrad swears it's a "serious miracle worker"; Behati Prinsloo loves it for keeping her legs smooth; Dree Hemingway says she can't live without it; and Ozzy Salvatierra used it to give Rihanna her glossy lids and dewy cheekbones in the video for "Bitch Better Have MyIndeed, its myriad uses call to mind the supposed versatility of Windex in My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Free of additives, preservatives, fragrances, chemicals, and parabens, you can put Egyptian Magic on your face, your body, your lips, your hands, your stovetop-mishap burns, bug bites, and surface wounds, your kids, your hair, your scalp, your acne, your eczema, your scars, and, if an anecdote on the website is to be believed, your horses post-surgery. (The company is a PETA partner and has never tested on animals.) But what gives this unassuming salve its magnetic pull? Is it magic — or just the finest of what nature has to offer?

LordPharaoh ImHotepAmonRa, the CEO and founder of Egyptian Magic, is a man of mystery, and not quite a real pharaoh. But he is real — well, sort of. A 2007 profile in the New York Times revealed that Mr. ImHotepAmonRa, now 72, was sitting in a Chicago diner in 1986 when he was approached by an elderly man. "He said, ‘Brother, the spirit has moved me to reveal something to you,'" explained Mr. ImHotepAmonRa, then a water-filter salesman known by his real name, Westley Howard. "It didn’t seem too weird to me. I’m a spiritual person, so these things happen to me all the time."

And so the story goes that, over the next couple of years, that stranger, who called himself Dr. Imas (he never shared his first name... or what kind of doctor he was), paid regular visits to Howard at his home in Washington, where he showed him how to make a special skin cream from olive oil, beeswax, bee pollen, royal jelly, and bee propolis — the very same ingredients used to create Egyptian Magic today. Dr. Imas claimed it was an exact replica of a salve found in ancient Egyptian tombs; Mr. ImHotepAmonRa told the Times of the origins of Dr. Imas's recipe, "He said it was revealed to him the way he was revealing it to me." Money."

The air of secrecy, the idea that you're using some kind of enigmatic formula channeled from one seer to another, is naturally part of what gives Egyptian Magic its celebrity cache, regardless of the legitimacy of a mysterious ancient recipe passed down from the pharaohs. But there's also at least some truth to that lore — in fact, Bernie Hephrun, a Reading, England-based researcher of Egyptian cosmetics, thinks the product is quite impressive. Beeswax, Hephrun told the Times, was a popular ingredient in cosmetics at the time, along with olive oil, which has been used as a cleanser, moisturizer, and antibacterial agent for centuries.

And, for what it's worth, Hephrun also said that while the Ancient Egyptians did not have the wherewithal to separate out pollen, jelly, and propolis from bee product, it has long been believed that Alexander the Great was preserved with honey when he died in Babylon in 323 BC. In 2015, archaeologists excavating ancient tombs in Egypt discovered pots of honey dating back approximately 3,000 years — and still perfectly edible. Researchers at the University of Bristol also found evidence that humans have been using bee products, including honey and wax, for almost 9,000 years.

Mystic or madman, Mr. ImHotepAmonRa — under the guidance of the late visionary Dr. Imas — has created a skin-care success story, a multitasking workhorse in nondescript, even shady-looking packaging that continues to persevere in an age where we want all the answers, and do not consider "a miraculous skin cream secretly used by the great sages, mystics, magicians, and healers" a sufficient explanation of how something works. The popularity of and tale behind the cure-all balm is enough to make one want to believe in its magic or, at the very least, put it on your acne scars and heed the advice given on the back of the jar: "Life takes from the taker & gives to the giver. Above all, let your word be your bond." Sometimes, pharaoh knows best.

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Who is credited as inventing the telephone?

 Who is credited as inventing the telephone? 

    Was it Alexander Graham Bell, Elisha Gray, or     Antonio Meucci?

   

    Alexander Graham Bell is often credited as the inventor of the telephone since he was awarded the first successful patent. However, there were many other inventors such as Elisha Gray and Antonio Meucci who also developed a talking telegraph.

Attributing the true inventor or inventors to a specific invention can be tricky business. Often credit goes to the inventor of the most practical or best working invention rather than to the original inventor(s). This happens to be the case of the invention of the telephone!

There is a lot of controversy and intrigue surrounding the invention of the telephone. There have been court cases, books, and articles generated about the subject. Of course, Alexander Graham Bell is the father of the telephone. After all it was his design that was first patented, however, he was not the first inventor to come up with the idea of a telephone.

Antonio Meucci, an Italian immigrant, began developing the design of a talking telegraph or telephone in 1849. In 1871, he filed a caveat (an announcement of an invention) for his design of a talking telegraph. Due to hardships, Meucci could not renew his caveat. His role in the invention of the telephone was overlooked until the United States House of Representatives passed a Resolution on June 11, 2002, honoring Meucci's contributions and work. You can read the resolution (107th Congress, H Res 269) onCongress.gov.

To make matters even more interesting some researchers suggest that Elisha Gray, a professor at Oberlin College, applied for a caveat of the telephone on the same day Bell applied for his patent of the telephone- these gentlemen didn’t actually visit the Patent Office, their lawyers did on their behalf. In Historical First Patents: The First United States Patent for Many Everyday Things(Scarecrow Press, 1994), Travis Brown, reports that Bell’s lawyer got to the patent office first. The date was February 14, 1876. He was the fifth entry of that day, while Gray’s lawyer was 39th. Therefore, the U.S. Patent Office awarded Bell with the first patent for a telephone, US Patent Number 174,465 rather than honor Gray's caveat. However, some authors dispute this story and suggest that there was malfeasance by certain individuals at Patent Office, and possibly Bell himself.

If someone asks who is credited with inventing the telephone, you can explain the controversy that still surrounds this question.

Related Web Sites

Alexander Graham Bell's Family Papers From the Library of Congress American Memory Web site, the collection includes "correspondence, scientific notebooks, journals, blueprints, articles, and photographs documenting Bell's invention of the telephone and his involvement in the first telephone company, his family life, his interest in the education of the deaf, and his aeronautical and other scientific research. Dates span from 1862 to 1939, but the bulk of the materials are from 1865 to 1920." Antonio Meucci A short history of Antonio Meucci from the Italian Historical Society of America. Antionio Meucci Revisited This Web page provides details of Antonio Meucci's telephone which includes drawings. Elisha Gray This Web page from the Electronic Oberlin Group, provides a brief history of Elisha Gray along with related Web links for more information. PBS: The Telephone - PBS provides the transcript to the film "The Telephone," a gallery, people & events, and a teacher's guide. The Special Feature section also provides information about forgotten inventions such as the can opener.

Further Reading

Baker, Burton H. The gray matter: the forgotten story of the telephone. St. Joseph, MI, Telepress, 2000. 140 p. Grosvenor, Edwin & Morgan Wesson. Alexander Graham Bell: the life and times of the man who invented the telephone. New York, Harry Abrams, 1997. 304 p. Schiavo, Giovanni Ermenegildo. Antonio Meucci, inventor of the telephone. New York, Vigo Press, c1958. 288 p. Stwerka, Eve & Albert. Hello! Hello! A look inside the telephone. Englewood Cliffs, NJ., Messner, c1991. 40 p. (Juvenile) Hounshell, D.A. Two paths to the telephone. Scientific American, v. 244, January 1981: 156-163.

The 100 most air polluted cities in the world (PM2.5 μg/m3)

The 100 most air polluted cities in the world (PM2.5 μg/m3)

	City	Annual Average	Year
1	Zabol (Iran)	216.7	2012
2	Gwalior (India)	176.1	2012
3	Allahabad (India)	169.7	2012
4	Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)	155.5	2014
5	Al Jubail (Saudi Arabia)	151.7	2014
6	Patna (India)	148.9	2013
7	Raipur (India)	143.7	2012
8	Bamenda (Cameroon)	132.0	2012
9	Xingtai (China)	128.0	2014
10	Baoding (China)	126.0	2014
11	Delhi (India)	122.1	2013.2
12	Ludhiana (India)	121.9	2012
13	Dammam (Saudi Arabia)	120.9	2014
14	Shijiazhuang (China)	120.6	2014
15	Kanpur (India)	114.9	2012
16	Khanna (India)	113.8	2012
17	Firozabad (India)	113.3	2012
18	Lucknow (India)	112.9	2012
19	Handan (China)	111.8	2014
20	Peshawar (Pakistan)	111.0	2010
21	Amritsar (India)	108.1	2012
22	Gobindgarh (India)	107.6	2012
23	Rawalpindi (Pakistan)	107.0	2010
24	Hengshui (China)	106.7	2014
25	Narayangonj (Bangladesh)	105.8	2014
26	Boshehr (Iran)	105.0	2010
27	Agra (India)	104.8	2012
28	Kampala (Uganda)	104.3	2013
29	Tangshan (China)	101.5	2014
30	Jodhpur (India)	101.3	2012
31	Dehradun (India)	100.5	2012
32	Ahmedabad (India)	100.1	2013
33	Jaipur (India)	99.9	2012
34	Howrah (India)	99.6	2012
35	Faridabad (India)	98.2	2012
36	Yenbu (Saudi Arabia)	97.2	2014
37	Langfang (China)	95.5	2014
38	Dhanbad (India)	95.3	2012
39	Chittagong (Bangladesh)	95.1	2014
40	Ahvaz (Iran)	94.9	2010.25
41	Doha (Qatar)	93.4	2012
42	Bhopal (India)	92.6	2012
43	Khurja (India)	89.9	2012
44	Dhaka (Bangladesh)	89.7	2014
45	Kaduna (Nigeria)	89.6	2013
46	Gazipur (Bangladesh)	88.5	2014
47	Karachi (Pakistan)	88.4	2009
48	Cangzhou (China)	88.3	2014
49	Baghdad (Iraq)	87.9	2015
50	Al-Shuwaikh (Kuwait)	87.8	2014
51	Tianjin (China)	87.4	2014
52	Raebareli (India)	87.3	2012
53	Kabul (Afghanistan)	86.0	2009
54	Zhengzhou (China)	85.7	2014
55	Barisal (Bangladesh)	85.3	2014
56	Beijing (China)	85.2	2014
57	Al Wakrah (Qatar)	85.1	2012
58	Kota (India)	83.7	2012
59	Udaipur (India)	83.0	2012
60	Tetovo (FYR Macedonia)	81.5	2013
61	Alwar (India)	81.2	2012
62	Wuhan (China)	79.5	2014
63	Chandrapur (India)	79.4	2012
64	Anyang (China)	79.2	2014
65	Hefei (China)	78.6	2014
66	Pyin Oo Lwin (Myanmar)	77.9	2012
67	Shouguang (China)	77.5	2014
68	Indore (India)	76.4	2012
69	Taungoo (Myanmar)	76.2	2013
70	Greater Cairo (Egypt)	75.6	2013
71	Kyaukphyu (Myanmar)	75.6	2009
72	Jalandhar (India)	75.1	2012
73	Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia)	75.1	2010
74	Akola (India)	74.4	2012
75	Makkah (Saudi Arabia)	74.4	2014
76	Jingzhou (China)	74.3	2014
77	Ali Subah Al-Salem (Kuwait)	74.1	2014
78	Varanasi (India)	73.9	2012
79	Changsha (China)	73.5	2014
80	Noida (India)	72.8	2012
81	Nanjing (China)	72.3	2014
82	Shenyang (China)	71.5	2014
83	Chengdu (China)	71.4	2014
84	Harbin (China)	71.0	2014
85	Namkham (Myanmar)	70.6	2012
86	Delta Region (Egypt)	70.6	2013
87	Kaifeng (China)	70.3	2014
88	Yichang (China)	70.0	2014
89	Yangquan (China)	69.8	2014
90	Pingdingshan (China)	69.8	2014
91	Xiangtan (China)	69.7	2014
92	Jalgaon (India)	69.6	2012
93	Xi'An (China)	69.5	2014
94	Zhuzhou (China)	69.3	2014
95	Meerut (India)	69.1	2012
96	Mawlamyaing (Myanmar)	69.0	2012
97	Laiwu (China)	68.3	2014
98	Al-Mansouriya (Kuwait)	68.3	2014
99	Jiaozuo (China)	68.3	2014
100	Jeddah (Saudi Arabia)	68.0	2014