All astronauts have to learn how to speak Russian, and all cosmonauts have to learn how to speak English. 00
Until the late 1960s, men with long hair were prohibited…
Until the late 1960s, men with long hair were prohibited from entering Disneyland because it did not meet the standards of Disney’s unwritten dress code. Employees were also prohibited from having any facial hair because visitors would associate it with un-American activities. 00
People with poor mathematical skills aren’t necessarily…
People with poor mathematical skills aren’t necessarily bad at math because they are ‘ungifted’. There is a phenomena called ‘Math Anxiety’ that makes people perform worse, which sometimes leads to math avoidance, which leads to lesser knowledge and consequently more Math anxiety. 00
In Japan, rōnin (the term for a masterless…
In Japan, rōnin (the term for a masterless samurai) also nowadays refers to someone who is unemployed. 00
A NY woman was startled to hear a loud crash…
A NY woman was startled to hear a loud crash in her apartment kitchen followed by the sounds of someone breathing inside her wall. The man inside had climbed into an air vent before falling six stories and getting stuck. He said it was part of the initiation for being new to the building. 00
A few weeks before Abraham Lincoln was elected…
A few weeks before Abraham Lincoln was elected president, 11 year old Grace Bedell sent Lincoln a letter encouraging him to grow a beard, writing, “All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you…” By the time of his inauguration, Lincoln had a full beard. 00
What are the Healthiest Fruits?
Are there really any unhealthy fruits? After all, the food pyramid suggests two to four servings of fruit per day as part of a healthy diet. All fruits provide nutrients our bodies need, but what are the healthiest fruits, the ‘superfruits’? Read on to find out. What is a Superfruit? The term superfruit is more for marketing purposes than identifying a fruit as exceptional. However, these fruits when eaten whole, are the best mix of nutrients and phytochemicals. They’ve been through the clinical research process and have been identified for their potential to improve your health and lower the risk
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Stanley Kubrick asked journalists to refer…
Stanley Kubrick asked journalists to refer to “2001: A Space Odyssey” as “two thousand and one” instead of “twenty-oh-one” hoping it would influence the pronunciation of that year. 00
Mark Zuckerberg, billionaire and CEO of Facebook…
Mark Zuckerberg, billionaire and CEO of Facebook, puts tape over his webcam. FBI director James Comey also tapes over his webcam and the American digital rights group EFF sells webcam stickers. 00
The first woman to have flown into…
The first woman to have flown into space(1963), Valentina Tereshkova, also volunteered in 2013 to go on a one-way trip to Mars. 00