Top 5 Reasons Why People Go Bankrupt. Loading the player... The bankruptcy statistics in America are alarming. The past few decades have seen a dramatic rise in the number of people who are unable to pay off their debts, and Congress has recently addressed the issue with legislation that makes it harder to qualify for this status. Following is a list of the most common causes of bankruptcy in America today.
The Sung Dynasty invented a form of the flamethrower, but the Byzantines already had one before them. All of this took place more than a millennium ago. Byzantines in 7th C â¦ and Chinese about 10th C depending on which version is regarded as a flame thrower.
The Man Who Invented Vaping: A Homage to Hon Lik. We need to start off by acknowledging another manâHerbert A. Gilbert from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. In 1963, heavy smoker Gilbert came up with the idea of a battery-powered device with a heating element that could produce vapourâa rudimentary e-cigarette. But the idea never came to fruition. Hon Lik, on the other hand, not only devised a working e-cigarette 40 years later in 2003, he patented the idea and brought it to market in China. He and other companies started exporting to the USA and Europe in 2009, and the rest is history.