All 3 things "John Harvard, Founder, 1638" stated on the statue at Harvard University are false. John Harvard was not the founder but a benefactor. Harvard was founded in 1636 not 1638 and the statue is of Sherman Hoar, a descendant of Harvard President Leonard Hoar. campussherpa.com/blog/201…
Dorcas Hoar, who could supposedly predict the future, was convicted during the Salem Witch Trials. In September, she asked that her execution be delayed for one month so she may pray and repent. Her request was granted and her life was spared when the Governor dissolved the court in October. salem.lib.virginia.edu/te…
The frost on the ground on cold mornings is called "hoar frost" and the frost that accumulates in glacier crevices are is called "crevasse hoar." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fro…
Mercenary "Mad" Mike Hoare was also a chartered accountant. Even after leading two coups in Africa the association said it could not expel him despite protests from members as he had committed no offence. He was finally expelled after going to prison for his third coup, upsetting him deeeply en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad…
The British inventor of the quicksort algorithm, Sir Tony Hoare, also created the null reference and called it his "billion-dollar mistake ... has led to innumerable errors, vulnerabilities, and system crashes ... probably caused a billion dollars of pain and damage in the last forty years". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ton…
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales expelled one of its members, "Mad Mike" Hoare, for leading a coup d'etat against the country of Seychelles. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mad…
A mercenary named Mike Hoare launched an attempted coup d'état with 53 other men in the Seychelles islands, disguised as a drinking club when plans went awry he escaped from the islands by hijacking a plane. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mik…
In 1978 Thomas Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare assembled a group of white, middle class mercenaries in order to launch a coup d'état in the Seychelles. Mike disguised the mercenaries as a rugby club, and hid AK-47s in the bottom of their luggage. Things didn't go to plan... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mik…
There is a rare type of fluffy frost called hair ice that only forms on rotting wood. It baffled scientists for decades until 2015, when scientists determined that fungal activity was largely responsible for the ice formation. weather.com/science/news/…
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