[Mao: The Unknown StoryJ. Chang & J. Haliday, 2005;China in the 21st CenturyJ. Wasserstrom, 2010 ] However, during Mao’s time in power, average life expectancy jumped from about 35 to 70 years.Illiteracy also dropped from about 80% to under 10%. [China in the 21st CenturyJ. Wasse...
Goody Feed is a place full of drama fanatics. My boss is in love with 5566’sWest Side Story (西街少年)and is still listening toTitanic’s“My Heart Will Go On”, my handsome colleague loved Powerpuff Girls and the rest of us are absolutely crazy over Ben 10. So whenDescendants of Th...
An impressive construction company called Broad Sustainable Building achieved something truly remarkable: they built a stunning 57-story skyscraper in just 19 days! That means they were constructing three whole floors every single day. This achievement in Changsha completely amazed everyone in the industr...
Comprehensive and meticulously documented facts about freedom of speech. Learn why the founders of the U.S. included free speech in the Bill of Rights, how courts have ruled in such cases, and much more. For example: • Totalitarianism • Private Party Suppression • Student Rights • ...
50 surprising fun facts about books, libraries, and reading 1 The first-ever “Harry Potter” was a short story published in communist Poland in 1972. The boy who lived has, in fact, lived ever since 19 March 1972, when literary magazineŻycie Literackiepublished a short story titled “Har...
Discover interesting facts about orcas, the deadly and beautiful predators that lurk in every ocean.When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An orca looking out of the water at sunset, off Kaldfjorden in Norway. (Image credit...
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Moa were flightless birds that were native to New Zealand. The largest species, the giant moa, reached about 12 feet (4 m) in height and weighed about 550 lb. (249 kg). Some of the largest birds ever to inhabit the earth, they were the dominant herbivores in the country’s ecosystem...
Side Note: Emperor Nero, the last Julio-Claudian Emperor of Rome, reportedly ate the last piece of silphium at the end of First century AD. It was gifted to him as an “Oddity” which he promptly consumed, no doubt without asking about the plant’s use first. Asafetida, another less ...
Despite the fact that his family resented her and called her “that woman,” he pushed to solidify their relationship and even began to talk about marriage. And there’s one part of their story that’s often misunderstood: He totally could! Under the British Constitution, he could basically ...