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Who invented Tylenol?

After creating Tylenol, McNeil sold McNeil laboratories to Johnson and Johnson in 1959 for $33 million in stock. Johnson and Johnson purchased the company to venture into the pharmaceutical industry, according to the Wall Street Journal. After the acquisition, the drug became prescription-free and found its way into the over-the-counter aspirin-free pain relief market.\nThe Wall Street Journal notes that acetaminophen, the generic form of Tylenol, was first introduced to the public in the 1880s by Bayer Co. in Germany. McNeil's brand name version of this product came from a shortening of ..

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For what is the Medici family famous?

The best known member of the Medici dynasty is Cosimo di Medici (1389-1464). Known as "Cosimo the Elder," he was an unofficial monarch of Florence from 1434 until his death. During that time, he supported many historically important artists, including Ghiberti, Brunelleschi, Donatello and Fra Angelico. Florentine Renaissance culture thrived under his influence as well as that of his descendants, including his grandson, Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492).\nLorenzo supported the work of Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo, and even commissioned Michelangelo to sculpt the Medici famil..

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How were children treated during the Victorian times?

According to the BBC, many Victorian children died as babies or toddlers owing to diseases, such as diptheria or smallpox. Poor children usually lacked shoes and were dressed in thin, ragged clothing, even in winter. They often did not receive an education, spending their days working instead. Wealthier children wore better clothes, enjoyed a sufficient diet and were allowed to study school subjects rather than work. However, most were bored and lacking in any display of affection from their parents.\nA large number of children in the Victorian era were arrested and sentenced as adults for cri..

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Who were John Cabot's crew members?

Although specific names are highly speculative, likely candidates for Cabot's crew may have included entrepreneurs and businessmen such as Robert Thorne, William Thorne, Thomas Thorne, Hugh Elyot, Richard Warde, Thomas Asshehurst, John Thomas, John Lloyd, John Fernandez, Francis Fernandez, John Gonzales and others. Each was active in Bristol at the time and may have been lured by the new opportunity. The Letters Patent, which was the permission from King Henry VII issued to John Cabot to take the voyage, named Cabot and his sons, Lewis, Sebastian and Sancio, who were likely on the voyage...

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Who became the Mughal emperor after Aurangzeb?

Bahadur managed to achieve peace with the Sikhs, but it lasted less than a year when the leader of the Sikhs was assassinated. The man, Govind Singh, was the last Sikh guru and had become a leader in the emperor's army. When Singh was assassinated, it put the two parties back at war for three years before the Sikhs retreated to the hills for shelter.

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Who were the Phoenicians?

The name "Phoenician" comes from the Greek "phoinikes," which means the "red people." This name was derived from the Phoenicians' famous reddish-purple cloth. From their strongholds in the Levant, the Phoenicians sent out trading and colonizing ventures, dominating trade in the Mediterranean Sea between 1200 and 800 B.C. They founded coastal cities all around the region, including Hippo (modern Annaba, Algeria), Zyz (modern Palermo, Sicily), Oea (modern Tripoli, Libya) and Gadir (modern Cádiz, Spain).\nThey also founded the powerful city of Carthage, which is in modern-day Tunisia. Carth..

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Who were the presidents of the United States in consecutive order?

John Quincy Adams served as the sixth president from 1825 until 1829. Andrew Jackson succeeded him. After Jackson came Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison. Following Harrison was John Tyler, who served as the 10th president from 1841 until 1845.\nJames Polk and Zachary Taylor were the next two presidents. Millard Fillmore was the 13th president, and following Fillmore was Franklin Pierce, who served from 1853 until 1857. James Buchanan served subsequent to Pierce.\nAbraham Lincoln was the 16th president, in office from 1861 until 1865, when Andrew Johnson assumed the presidency. Ulysse..

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How was gold first discovered?

Because gold is a noble metal, one that is almost entirely non-corrosive and perpetually tarnish-free, and because it is extremely malleable to the point of becoming brittle in its pure form, archaeologists often encounter difficulties dating the metal prior to its amalgamation with other materials. As of 2014, archaeologists assert that gold was almost certainly the first metal to be worked by human hands. It was easily available to early humans in the Paleolithic Era in rivers and streams, especially those around the modern Middle-East. Gold would have been easily recognizable due to its pro..

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What did Thomas Paine believe was America's destiny and why?

Thomas Paine's ideals were recorded in his series of pamphlets entitled "Common Sense," written in 1776, and the "The American Crisis," written between 1776 and 1777. His writings were well-received due to his ability to write in a manner that even commoners who were not as educated as many wealthier colonists were could understand. Paine is largely credited with persuading the colonists to form an army and engage in war for independence with Britain. He argued that as long as the colonies remained part of Britain, America could never reach its full potential. If the colonies united and r..

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Who was one of the very first psychologists to write about sleep, memory, senses, dreams and learning?

Freud, an Austrian neurologist, had a significant impact on both psychology and popular culture, introducing terms such as "Freudian slip" into everyday usage. While many of his theories have generated controversy, Freud continues to be known as one of the leading thinkers of the 20th century, notes About.com.\nWith the help of his follower Princess Marie Bonaparte, Freud, his wife and daughter fled the Nazis to the safety of Paris in 1938. In 1939, Freud died in London from a fatal dose of morphine that he requested from his doctor as he fought terminal cancer in his jaw.

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