Martin Luther King, Jr., as well as the shooting of Alabama Governor George Wallace. All three deaths occurred during the height of the Civil Rights Movement, and many U.S. citizens felt that there very well may
The University of St Andrews, founded in 1413, is the third oldest university in the UK after Oxford and Cambridge. It welcomed Britain's first female student in 1862. It is also here that the world's first students' union came into existence in 1882, while the world's oldest students'...
In 2018, The Fact Site celebrated its 10th birthday by publishing this list of 1,000 interesting facts. That’s right, you didn’t misread; here we have one thousand random and interesting facts about literally everything you could think of! Here at The Fact Site, we’re celebrating our ...
Phoenix Park in Dublin is the third largest walled city parks in Europe after La Mandria in Venaria Reale (Turin) and Richmond Park in London. It covers 707 hectares (1,750 acres). The Irish National Stud's Japanese Gardens, laid between 1906 and 1910 by Japanese master horticulturist Tass...
adore burying myself in the Bodleian Library. I find great original source material there. Mind you I occasionally wonder about translations. When you come across boats that serviced King Richard’s march south from Acre on the third crusade translated as ‘snacks’ you have to smile. A ...
The story of Walt Disney's life, inspirations and accomplishments is much more impressive than many of the movies as well as cartoon series that were created by his company. Even though there are many different facts about his story that many people know, there are other interesting facts ...
‘donated’ to the Church by his family early in life. Unfortunately for him this had been done purely on the basis of birth order rather than aptitude or inclination, and he was one of the most bellicose men you could imagine. He fought in the Third Crusade, during which he travelled ...
Without further ado, let’s launch right into these 100 crazy facts about space! Mercury & Venus are the only 2 planets in our solar system that have no moons. In total, there are 176 confirmed moons that orbit the planets in our solar system, with some of them being bigger than Mercur...
Interesting Facts About Himalayan Mountain Below are some interesting facts about The Himalayas: Fact 1:The Himalayan Mountain system includes over fifty (50) mountains exceeding 7,200m (approximately 23,600ft). Fact 2:Mount Everest is referred to as ‘Sagarmatha’ by Nepalese people. This literal...
Rich Hickey (Clojure): I am not a Clojure programmer, but I like reasoning about and building programming languages. Even if you don't, Rich Hickeys talks are inspiring and thought-provoking. Whenever he talks about the fundamentals of programming and reasoning, you are sure to learn a ton...