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Here are 33 weird historical facts you probably didn’t learn in school. Some of them will astonish you, some will puzzle you and some will entertain you. 1. In the Great Fire of London in 1666, which destroyed 13,200 houses, 87 churches, and the cathedral of St. Paul, and left…
If you like having sex, eating chocolate, or taking drugs (or all of the above), you are going to love learning new words. No, seriously, learning is just as stimulating and exciting as either of these “fun-filled” activities. Not saying that drug use is good or anything, it’s just that…
It seems that, among other factors, your mood and temperament depend on your season of birth, according to a new study. Since ancient times, astrology has tried to link one’s personality traits to the influence of the planets at the time they were born. Now, in a way, scientists come…
We have one mind, one brain, and one collective center of thought, right? Wrong! Guess what? Human beings not only have a brain to make decisions for them, but they also have another organ that helps govern what they do. The 'second brain' of a kind. No guys, it’s not…
In case you missed it, NASA conducted the most magnificent fireworks display of this year. Seriously though, the launch of the Antares was highly unsuccessful, sending fireballs sky high and beyond. NASA took a hit on October 28th, with the loss of an Orbital Sciences Rocket. Fire plumes, trailing the…
It seems that Dr. Hawking has a lot to say about the scientific discovery of Higgs Boson. His statement that this discovery made physics more boring, has been followed by a rather ominous statement that this discovery in the wrong hands could prove fatal and destroy the universe. Hawking explains…
If, in passing, you are faced with the light conversation of the horrors of science, you aren’t that shaken. There is a sector where the boundaries of sanity are blurred, and horrors are done in the name of research, or so proclaimed. Yes, science is the craft, while death, mutilation…
The name “King Tut” gives birth to images of powerful royal families of Egypt, of course, it does. Tutankhamun was the last great king of his lineage before the military rule took over the land, and one of the youngest rulers at that. However, the way we visualize this young…
