Latest posts tagged with #WhichCameFirst on Bluesky
Which came first — Wagner's Ring Cycle premiere or Italian unification?
Italian unification.
Italy unified under King Victor Emmanuel in 1870 — six years before Wagner
premiered the Ring Cycle at Bayreuth in 1876.
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Which came first — the Statue of Liberty or Coca-Cola?
Neither — they both happened in 1886.
America's most iconic statue and its most iconic drink arrived the same
year.
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Which came first — the first Tour de France or Ford Model T production?
The first Tour de France.
Sixty cyclists raced across France in 1903 — five years before Ford's Model
T in 1908.
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Which came first — Einstein's special relativity or the first airplane
flight?
The first airplane flight.
The Wrights flew in 1903 — two years before Einstein published special
relativity in 1905.
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Which came first — the Communist Manifesto or Howe's sewing machine?
Howe's sewing machine.
Howe patented it in 1846 — two years before the Communist Manifesto in
1848.
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Which came first — the invention of basketball or the first cinema
screening?
The invention of basketball.
Naismith invented basketball in 1891 — four years before the Lumieres held
the first cinema screening in 1895.
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Which came first — Bell's telephone or the espresso machine?
Bell's telephone.
Bell patented the telephone in 1876 — eight years before Moriondo patented
the first espresso machine in Turin in 1884.
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Which came first — the first professional baseball team or
the patenting of the typewriter?
The patenting of the typewriter.
Sholes patented it in 1868 — a year before the Red Stockings
became the first pro team in 1869.
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Which came first — Prohibition in America or insulin first
treating a patient?
Prohibition in America.
The U.S. banned alcohol in 1920 — two years before insulin
first saved a life in 1922.
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Which came first — the first spacewalk or a woman orbiting
Earth?
A woman orbiting Earth.
Tereshkova orbited Earth 48 times in 1963 — two years before
Leonov's first spacewalk in 1965.
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Which came first — Bavaria's beer purity law or Cortés
tasting chocolate at the Aztec court?
Bavaria's beer purity law.
Duke Wilhelm IV signed it in 1516 — three years before Cortés
encountered chocolate with the Aztecs in 1519.
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Which came first — the modern Olympic Games or pizza Margherita?
Pizza Margherita.
Legend says Esposito baked it for Italy's queen in 1889 —
seven years before Athens hosted the first modern Olympics in
1896.
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Which came first — the daguerreotype or the first formal rules of baseball?
The daguerreotype.
Daguerre captured images on silver in 1839 — six years before baseball's rules were written in 1845.
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Which came first — Luther's 95 Theses or the Boston Tea Party?
Luther's 95 Theses.
Martin Luther challenged the Catholic Church in 1517 — 256 years before colonists dumped
tea in Boston Harbor.
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Which came first — instructions for a computing machine or I Love Lucy?
Instructions for a computing machine.
Ada Lovelace wrote them for Babbage's Analytical Engine in 1843 — 108 years before I Love
Lucy premiered.
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Which came first — Jaws or the first heart transplant?
The first heart transplant.
Christiaan Barnard performed it in 1967. Eight years later, Spielberg's Jaws invented the
summer blockbuster in 1975.
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Which came first — Edison's phonograph or the creation of milk chocolate?
The creation of milk chocolate.
Daniel Peter created it in 1875 — two years before Edison's phonograph in 1877.
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Which came first — the first Super Bowl or Motown Records?
Motown Records.
Berry Gordy founded it in 1959. By the first Super Bowl in 1967, Diana Ross, Stevie
Wonder, and Marvin Gaye were already stars.
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Which came first — the founding of soccer or the Battle of Gettysburg?
Neither — they both happened in 1863.
Modern soccer was born in England the same year as the Civil War's bloodiest battle.
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Which came first — Don Giovanni's premiere or the French Revolution?
Don Giovanni.
Mozart premiered it in Prague in 1787 — two years before the Revolution began in 1789.
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#Egg diary update. Real life pics to reflect the current state of 🍳s during my weekly grocery shopping.
Taken on 5/15/25 priced at $13.59??!
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#Egg diary update. Real life pics to reflect the current state of 🍳s during my weekly grocery shopping.
Taken on 3/25/25 priced at $8.69.
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#Egg diary update. Real life pics to reflect the current state of 🍳s during my weekly grocery shopping.
Taken on 3/14/25 priced from $3.99 to $10.99 - limit 2 cartons.
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#Egg diary update. Real life pics to reflect the current state of 🍳s during my weekly grocery shopping.
Taken on 3/9/25 $5.97- limit 2 cartons.
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#Egg diary update. Real life pics to reflect the current state of 🥚s during my weekly grocery shopping.
Taken on 3/2/25. Where are the eggs you may ask…out of stock!
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#Egg diary update. Real life pics to reflect the current state of 🍳s during my weekly grocery shopping.
Taken on 2/25/25 priced from $3.49 to $10.99 - limit 2 cartons.
#chicken #whichcamefirst #whatthecluck #science #research #birdflu #publichealth #photodiary #inflation #brunch #sunnysideup
#Egg diary update. Real life pics to reflect the current state of 🥚s during my weekly grocery shopping.
Taken on 2/15/25 priced at $8.49 - limit 3 cases per customer.
#chicken #whichcamefirst #whatthecluck #science #research #birdflu #publichealth #photodiary #inflation #brunch #sunnysideup
