While the team also excels at ice skating, their greatest successes have been in ski jumping and speed skating. Next: No. 9: The Netherlands 3/14 Credit No. 9: The Netherlands While the country did not compete in the 1924 Winter Olympics, the Netherlands has sinc...
Her will and final testament from 1963 included instructions which demanded that a small group of her regal pieces never leave the family but are simply passed from monarch to monarch. In 1953 the tiara was worn by the countess of Barcelona for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. In 1978,...
We mostly associate them with Holland, or The Netherlands. Now only about one tenth (1,000) are left. Before we answer the question about where have they gone it dawned on me that I did not know why they are there, and why so many in that part of the world? Half of the windmills...
Vegetarians and vegans typically have lower levels of creatine in the body than meat eaters.Creatine is also favored by nootropic users because of the fuel demanded by brain cells when using racetams. After crossing the blood-brain barrier, creatine binds to phosphate. Creatine phosphate in turn...
The Beijing demonstrations, along with similar student rallies in cities across China, protested official corruption and demanded democratic reforms. Following the crackdown, the CCP tapped Jiang, then the Shanghai mayor and party boss, to replace the relatively moderate Zhao Ziyang as party secretary...
When a particularly persistent sergeant insisted that the whole thing was clearly a trick, Murat demanded to know if the Austrian officers were going to let an enlisted man talk to them like that. At which point the humiliated Austrian officers ordered the man imprisoned. Dick Luria/Photodisc/...
It was just 8 years ago the Democratic party in Florida angrily demanded that every Florida vote should count. "Count every vote! Count every vote!", they cried! Now the Democratic party has declared that NO Florida votes will count. ...
“Who are you then?” one demanded, following her into the next block. “Nobody. Go home and compare our photos.” That’s what Nina had done after a friend from work—back when she hadhada job—had remarked on how much she resembled the French model. That had been eons ago, when...