Over the last decade, worldwide participation in organized sports—and athletic endeavors in general—has been trending upwards. We can point to many possible factors for this global increase in engagement. While universal shifts in culture have played a role, exposure to thousands of sports (old and new) continues to spread rapidly through screens & social media….
The word soap, from the Latin root “sopa” has created abundant interest throughout time, and much original usage speculation, as well as the first introduction into civilization, has been debated. There is a fascinating re-publication, originally published prior to 1923, aptly titled, “The Handbook of Soap Manufacture,” by W.H. Simmons and H.A. Appleton, which…
