On a stormy Friday night 113 years ago, a legacy was born. Three undergraduates and their faculty advisor gifted the world Omega, built on the principles of Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance, and Uplift.
To all the Omega Men worldwide, Happy Founders Day! Thank you for 113.
The original Michelin Man from 1894.
He was is white because rubber tires are naturally white. It was not until 1912 that carbon chemicals were mixed into the white tires, which turned them black. The change was structural, not aesthetic. By adding carbon, tires became more durable.
Michelin also began reviewing restaurants so that more people would travel further distances in their cars to eat at these restaurants. This, in turn, would wear down their tires faster and force them to buy more.
The star system that Michelin uses goes up to three and is broken down by whether or not it's worth driving to the restaurant:
One star: "A very good restaurant in its category" (Une très bonne table dans sa catégorie)
Two stars: "Excellent cooking, worth a detour" (Table excellente, mérite un détour)
Three stars: "Exceptional cuisine, worth a special journey" (Une des meilleures tables, vaut le voyage).
Cowboys just might be America's team. A bunch of losers cling to the past with an inflated sense of self worth who are a laughing stock to everyone around them. Potential is there but they wont ever be shit bc they wont ever be able to pull it all together. Thats American as hell
Michael Oher always hated the Blind Side movie and now comes to find out his “loving parents” were allegedly scamming him the whole time because they saw he could be an NFL player. Movie portrayed him as mentally slow because that helped the white savior plot and helped Sandra Bullock win an OSCARS