The silent, black-clad ninja who spies, sabotages and assassinates—without leaving a trace—remains a popular Japanese character in modern books and films. It has loosely inspired pop-culture phenomena ranging from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the American Ninja Warrior. But facts about ninja ...
In place of the protective shell found in many other mollusks, the octopus brandishes a startling array of defense mechanisms. One researcher who calls octopuses "the wizards ofcamouflage" goes so far as to say that chameleons are humdrum by comparison [source:Stewart]. Masters of disguise, oct...
suspicion of Japanese Americans led to internment camps, unsubstantiated paranoia about German spies led to discrimination against Jewish-German immigrants. The authors point out that a Gallup poll conducted in June 1940 revealed that 71% of respondents believed the Nazis had already established a ...
During theTokugawa(orEdo) period, Japan's civil wars were halted by the strict controls of the Tokugawa shogun. Peacetime forced many people in Japanese society to find different roles, including the ninja. They were very useful to Tokugawa, acting as spies and bodyguards in the enforcement of...
While it may take only one bullet to kill a man, firing squads use several to get the job done. Aside from the symbolic nature of the act (a lone dissenter against the orderly group), using a group of executioners ensures there will be enough hits to finish the job. But how m...
When Buddy Melvin set out to build a treehouse in 1997, he only planned for one room. Today the sprawling structure has 16, including bars, bedroom...
In 2008 when Bernard Madoff and the Jews on Wall Street Took down the American Financial system, how many people were arrested? New York is Filled with Bernard Madoffs. My niece married a Jew and I refused to go to the wedding. This country has been destroyed by Jews, our manufacturin...
10 years ago, in Pakistan, there was one TV station, which was essentially government propaganda. My understanding is there are now eightynine TV channels in Pakistan. All of them are very anti-American, but many are very anti-Taliban, and many are pro-democracy. ...
Recently, a Japanese orbital Moon probe using radar has found tunnel-like caves running for many miles across the lunar surface, in which future maned bases could be established; sheltered from the 3000-degree centigrade contrast between a Lunar day and night, a stable environment could be estab...
It can be found on the southern wall of Old Town Hall in the Old Town Square. Thankfully, it was perfectly preserved since its creation and will most likely stay there for many more decades. This 16th-Century Ring Can Turn Into a Beautiful Astronomical Sphere Rings were a...