a treasury of 99 miniature histories which contains all sorts of hidden gems from the world of literature, such as the ancient parody of Homer’s Iliad, the surprising identity of England’s first female dramatist, and the bestselling nineteenth-century American novel that predicted radio stations...
Stephen I. He was the last grand prince of the Hungarians and the first king of Hungary from 1000 or 1001 until he died in 1038. He was canonized in 1083 and his right hand was found to be intact and mummified when his body was exhumed. The hand was separated from the arm and kept...
Dr. Rokeach wrote a book on the subject entitled The Three Christs of Ypsilanti, where he concluded (rather weakly) with the Freudian idea that the delusions suffered by the three men were the result of confusion over sexual identity and noting that we all, “seek ways to live with one a...
I want her to have a childhood still and not to even be thinking about her identity, but conversely, I appreciate that this is something she is approaching faster than I had realised and is so much more the norm than it was in the 80's - I'm not that naive. She is tall for her...
The following article is from “the Economist”. I feel that the generation that was raised with the automobile as center to their personal identity… ie the people that value their possessions, their car, their clothing brand, their house, as the statement of their identity and how they see...
At one point, a student caught Acts_Of Kindness on First Class Chat and when asked for motives, AOK responded:I have received more beautiful stories about random acts of kindness than everyone in the world. Speculation ran rampant as to identity of the mysterious emailer until concerns that ...
The man turned back to Marshal, his face now obscured, and the shape of his back gave John no clues as to the man’s identity. Maybe he had been wrong? The light in the room was fading. Was the night drawing in? No, he just could not keep his eyes open any longer. Merely obser...
she temporarily joined Rick's group. She then left with an injured Rick and headed for the CRM in a helicopter in season 9. Interestingly, after losing the Scavengers, Jadis seemed to struggle with her identity and reclaimed her birth name Anne. In addition, her manner of speaking changed ...
Top 10 Interesting Facts You May Not Know About Banksy photo credit:carnagenycviaphotopincc 1. Banksy remains anonymous despite his incredible success Despite being one of the world’s best-known street artists and modern satirists, Banksy’sactual identityremains shrouded in mystery. While he’s...
is operator checks if both the operands refer to the same object (i.e. it checks if the identity of the operands matches or not). == operator compares the values of both the operands and checks if they are the same. So is is for reference equality and == is for value equality. An...