aHalloween is an annual celebration, but just what is it actually a celebration of? And how did this peculiar custom originate? Is it, as some claim, a kind of demon worship? Or is it just a harmless vestige of some ancient pagan ritual? Halloween是一次每年庆祝,但什么实际上是它庆祝? 并...
How did the concept of time originate? Loonger / Getty Images Time is something that most of us take for granted. Have you ever thought about why, for example, there are 12 months in a year? Why are there 30 days in September? Why are there time zones and what's with daylight-...
How did the concept of time originate? Loonger / Getty Images Time is something that most of us take for granted. Have you ever thought about why, for example, there are 12 months in a year? Why are there 30 days in September? Why are there time zones and what's with daylight-savi...
However, each year, there was no promise that the seasons would shift and change to bring back the sun until the day that it did. The winter solstice, Christmas, and most other cultural celebrations at this time of year are thus “Celebrations of light.” What is the mythology behind the...
The Spanish Fludid not originate in Spain, though news coverage of it did. During World War I, Spain was a neutral country with free media that covered the outbreak from the start, first reporting on it in Madrid in late May of 1918. Meanwhile, Allied countries and the Central Powers had...
Where did Voodoo originate in Africa? Voodoo began in the ancient kingdoms of Fon and Kongo (which now encompasses Togo, Benin and Ghana). This area is considered the “cradle of Voodoo.†The word is derived from the Fon word for "God" or "Spirit." Which country has ...
modern society took humans out of the food chain. Black cats--like black ravens and other black animals--got an especially bad rap in the Middle Ages when they were associated with supernatural evil, impending death, and bad luck. Today, the superstition is mostly relegated to Halloween ...
I wish somebody would explain how to make a Pi into a domain controller, like I did in de past with Zentyal on a Zbox. I now use the PI as DNS with PiHole, but ldap support would be the thing to control all of my network access. Running a dedicated server was 60 euro each month...
How did the concept of time originate? Loonger / Getty Images Time is something that most of us take for granted. Have you ever thought about why, for example, there are 12 months in a year? Why are there 30 days in September? Why are there time zones and what's with daylight-...