Actun Tunichil Muknal Cave, also known as ATM Cave, or the Midnight Terror Cave, is buried deep within the jungles of Belize, Central America, and is one of the most… Keep reading 15 Ingenious Canadian Inventions That Made the World a Better Place Explore 15 ingenious Canadian inventions ...
Long ago, the avocado was enjoyed by many in Central and South America. They called it ahuacate, which means “testicle” in Aztec. If you’ve never thought of it before, you now realize that the shape of the avocado gave rise to the Aztec name. As a result, the avocado was a lege...
Mere decades before the reforms, Greece had been deflated and Carthage had been utterly leveled — half its population slaughtered, the other half sold into slavery — and turned into the capital of Rome's north-central African province (Africa is where Rome's food was produced, and Roman Car...
along with her own brother George. Norris appears in numerous retellings of Henry VIII's reign. He's a central figure in the BBC miniseriesWolf Hall, and he's appeared in Tudor-era movies going back decades. But these movies and TV shows never explain what Norris's duties were as a co...
Well, Wookiees never actually appeared in any earlier films, but George Lucas came up with the idea of the animal for his film THX 1138 and apparently liked the sound of the word “Wookiee” so much he decided to make one into a central character in Star Wars. ...
Their claims were only bolstered by the fact that they seemed to know so many other facts about the lives of those that called upon them. Police exposed their antics after an accomplice attempted to bribe an officer to make the whole affair go away. Although the pair are shut down now, ...
But if you venture to Central and South America or sub-Saharan Africa, it's unlikely that you'll see anyone getting their makeout on. While the researchers did find a "significant" link between "elite" societies and romantic kissing, they also noted that "cultura...
MV:I’m not sure if you’ve read thisrecent Buzzfeed articleabout women and fanfiction, but they argue that fanfiction is a central genre for women writers because it allows us to create narratives that are not available in everyday life. Why fanfiction? Why should we keep writing and re...
There's actually a world record for just about everything. The folks at Guinness have been keeping track of both incredible and weird feats and facts for the entire world since 1955. Jupiterimages Who's got the stretchiest skin in the world? They've got a record for that. How about the...
The anuran pelvis consists of a cylindrical, rod-like central unit (the urostyle) surrounded by two super-long, shaft-like ilia. Reduced, plate-like (and typically unossified) pubic bones are present beneath the ilia and paired, cartilaginous prepubic or epipubic bones are sometimes present to...