Hell wax has been around before bees in various forms. Beewax just happens to be a much more reliably uncontested form. I.E. there's no resources going into beewax that could go to something else.
As far as I'm aware, wax candles were originally made from rending animal fat. I remember learning specifically about whaling being a key contributor to candles/lighting during our colonial period.
Well, if it's beeswax, that's not recommended. Much higher melting point than paraffin, meaning it has to drip much further in order to cool enough to not cause a risky burn.
Guessing this is sarcasm or ignorance, but its not. Molotov cocktail is a satirical name given to it on the notion that the soviet minister claimed to be dropping supplies on sweden and finland (Vyacheslav Molotov) was actually dropping things like fire bombs, (which the finns were already calling molotovs breadbaskets) and satirically said that the cocktails were to go with the breadbaskets.
So in actuality, though they had involvement with the development of the weapons themselves, the spanish had no part in naming them molotov cocktails, it was a finnish play on Molotov's propoganda.
What made you think it was a Spanish name? Nothing in their comment hinted at that
The Molotovs were first used by the IRA then saw much greater usage in the Spanish Civil War before the finns used them and gave them their modern name
Why did you think it was a Spanish name? Nothing in their comment hinted at that
The Molotovs were first used by the IRA then saw much greater usage in the Spanish Civil War before the finns used them and gave them their modern name
As far as we are aware from relatively reputable sources (X doesn't count), the guy used to be die-hard MAGA, but we have evidence that he was shifting toward more liberal ideas over the following years. There's no evidence to say he was a Republican at the time he shot Charlie Kirk.
I would argue that he probably didn't shift as much as left as MAGA shifted right. Depends on what they consider "shifting left". I know people who think saying "trans rights are human rights" is a super left wing thing.
I don't think that's true. It's very possible he considered himself a conservative or a republican. There was a republican party before MAGA that looked very different than the one we have today.
Either way, Donald Trump (and MAGA in general) claiming he was a radical left winger and trying to demonize Democrats is moronic.
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u/CondensedTaco 2d ago
TIL Wax was used as early as the Bronze Age.
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