I read in this morning’s edition of the Halifax Chronicle Herald that a Rembrandt drawing, stolen from a San Francisco hotel, had been recovered from a church near Hercules, California. Hercules? I did a quick search to find out whence Hercules, CA received its name and was amused to discover that Hercules, CA is a town founded by the California Powder Works, makers of explosives; apparently one of its products was called Hercules, presumably because it was as effective as the demi-god Hercules (also known as Heracles in Greek mythology) at blasting things apart. Remembering how Hercules cleaned the filthy Augean stables by diverting two rivers to flow through the building, I guess Hercules is a good brand name for dynamite.
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