Watch 200 years of history in 4 minutes. Your privacy is important to us Yahoo is part of the Yahoo family of brandsThe sites and apps that we own and operate, including Yahoo and Engadget, and our digital advertising service, Yahoo Advertising. Yahoo family of brands. When you use our sites and apps, we use CookiesCookies (including similar technologies such as web storage) allow the operators of websites and apps to store and read information from your device.
Learn more in our cookie policy. cookies to: provide our sites and apps to you authenticate users, apply security measures, and prevent spam and abuse, and MeasurementWe count the number of visitors to our pages, the type of device they use (iOS or Android), the browser they use and the duration of their visit to our websites and apps. This data is collected in aggregate and is not tied to specific users.measure your use of our sites and apps Your privacy choices If you would like to customise your choices, click 'Manage privacy settings'. The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter. Discovery of Princess Kaguya The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (竹取物語, Taketori Monogatari?) , also known as Princess Kaguya (かぐや姫, Kaguya Hime? , 赫映姫 or 輝夜姫), is a 10th-century Japanese folktale. It is considered the oldest extant Japanese narrative[1][2] It primarily details the life of a mysterious girl called Kaguya-hime, who was discovered as a baby inside the stalk of a glowing bamboo plant.
She is said to be from Tsuki-no-Miyako (月の都 "The Capital of the Moon"). Narrative[edit] Taketori no Okina takes Kaguya-hime to his home, Drawn by Tosa Hiromichi, c. 1600 One day, while walking in the bamboo forest, an old, childless bamboo cutter called Taketori no Okina (竹取翁? Eventually, five princes came to Taketori no Okina's residence to ask for Kaguya-hime's hand in marriage. Realizing that it was an impossible task, the first prince returned with an expensive bowl, but after noticing that the bowl did not glow with holy light, Kaguya-hime saw through his deception. Kaguya-hime goes back to the Moon. List of inventors killed by their own inventions. Franz Reichelt (d. 1912) attempted to use this contraption as a parachute. Reichelt died after he jumped off the Eiffel Tower wearing his invention, which failed to operate properly as a parachute.
This is a list of inventors whose deaths were in some manner caused by or related to a product, process, procedure, or other innovation that they invented or designed. Direct casualties Automotive Fred Duesenberg, killed in high speed road accident in Duesenberg automobile.William Nelson (ca. 1879−1903), a General Electric employee, invented a new way to motorize bicycles. He then fell off his prototype bike during a test run.[1]Sylvester H. Roper, inventor of the eponymous steam-powered bicycle, died of heart attack or subsequent crash during a public speed trial in 1896. Aviation Industrial Maritime Hunley Submarine Medical Thomas Midgley, Jr. (1889–1944) was an American engineer and chemist who contracted polio at age 51, leaving him severely disabled.
Physics Publicity and entertainment Punishment. 6 Insane Coincidences You Won't Believe Actually Happened. America's Freak Luck During the Battle of Midway The Battle of Midway may be remembered as one of the most spectacular naval battles in history and one of the huge turning points in the Pacific theater, but it started out as a pure clusterfuck for the Americans. Despite going into battle with most of Japan's game plan in their pocket thanks to American codebreakers/Bothan spies, the U.S. Navy had little to show for it in the early hours of June 4, 1942.
Just about every aircraft that took on the Japanese that day was destroyed, and all without delivering any serious damage. In short, the Battle of Midway started off like the Battle of Endor, only with every fighter in the Rebel Fleet crashing into the Death Star's deflector shield. Where it Gets Weird: There was one squadron of American dive bombers lead by Lieutenant Commander C. His squadron started dropping like flies until, in an act of sheer luck that would make even J.K.
Where it Gets Even Weirder: ...when he wasn't busy being a pimp.