Since 2005 Damn Interesting has been cultivating an ever-growing catalog of fascinating true stories from history and science. Learn more. On this day in 1975 A Day on Venus Written by Alan Bellows Compared to Earth, our astronomical next-door neighbor Venus is 95 percent as large, 28 per...
This Ancient ‘Lion Cavern’ Mine Is the Origin of the Stone Age's Favorite Color popularmechanics.com Chemists break 100-year-old rule, changing the way we think about molecules knowridge.com These Black Americans Were Killed for Exercising Their Political Right to Vote ...
Help improve kinglishschool and get free links to your website Cool history and origin of popular words that you have heard but you never knew, or even care, why do we name it like that. Another good way tolearn English Onlineis to read stories that you are interested. word origins...
Origin of the name Khotyn was explained in different ways: from man name Khotyn, widely spread in East Slavs in XI – XII c. (name means “nice”, “desired”); from a verb “khotet’” (want) or from name of chief of Kotizons’ clerks. Certain researches said about Turkic word “...
★ On the Origin of Circuits In a unique laboratory in Sussex, England, a computer carefully scrutinized every member of large and diverse set of candidates. Each was evaluated disp... Long-Form Alan Bellows 1586 2007-06-27 Reanimated Rodents and The Meaning of Life One afternoon in the ...
The Origin of Chemical Elements Published in 1948 Added on 2010-09-03 The role of instrumental and relational understanding in proofs about group isomorphisms Published in 2002 Added on 2010-09-03 A Note on Boolos' Proof of the Incompleteness Theorem Published in 1994 Added on 2010-09...
A common position is that deities from most, if not all, religions are extraterrestrial in origin, and that advanced technologies brought to Earth by ancient astronauts were interpreted as evidence of divine status by early humans. Andre the Giant André René Roussimoff, better known as André ...
Mithras lays out a long and fascinating origin story of the dragons involving Septon Barth, crossbreeding firewyrms and wyverns, and blood magic. Everyone could be correct. 0 votes Interesting theory? 9 Septon Barth Believed Dragons Could Change Their Sex Photo: HBO Maester Aemon agrees wit...
Origins of the Emerald Buddha: The Emerald Buddha, though not of Cambodian origin, found its way to the Silver Pagoda in the early 20th century. Crafted in the classic meditative pose, the Buddha’s serene countenance and the vibrant green of the jade symbolize purity, tranquility, and enlight...
In the superheroes' pantheon of African-American HIV and harm reduction activists and workers, you can think of Tracie Gardner was one of the Golden Age figures. In this episode of PDIS, we learn about Tracie's origin story, what it was like to watch the HIV/AIDS crisis unfold in Black...