Over the past 200 years, the magnetic shield surrounding our planet has weakened by 9%. The area with the lowest intensity is in the Southern Hemisphere, off the coast of Brazil and southwestern Africa. Scientists claim ...
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Marie Skłodowska Curie was born on November 7, 1867, in Poland. Her intelligence began to appear from the earliest years. She was an outstanding student. However, this did not guarantee her a place at Warsaw University....
In 2016, a retired US Marine gave an interview in which he stated that he had been serving 17 years not on earth but on Mars. According to the former military man, who appears to be Captain Kaye, his duties included prot...
It is a common refrain that prostitution is the oldest profession in the world. If that is true, then the second oldest is being a soldier-for-hire. Mercenaries have always been a part of warfare, and even though nationa...
Taiwanese ufologist Scott Waring told the public about his new finding. In photographs of the lunar surface taken by NASA during the ongoing Apollo 10 mission, he discovered a strange triangular object.Read also: Ancient...
The Second World War was a period of darkness unmatched in human history, a titanic struggle against the forces of pure evil. Which is why its always a little surprising to realize that many of the Allies seemed to view ...
The humble documentary is a wonderful thing. It can offer a view into a world that is not our own, examine subcultures and the things that make them tick, or shine a light on issues that affect each and every one of us i...
On November 5, 1975, a young man named Travis Walton worked at the National Forest Service. At about 6 p.m., he and his team were returning to their base after a hard day. The truck driver, in which the lumberjacks rode,...
A whimsical 6000-year-old prehistoric clay mask that depicts an unusual non-human face was found in the ancient salt mines at Provadia-Solnitsata in northeastern Bulgaria during excavation. The mask depicting an unknown ...
In The Offer, the new series streaming on Paramount+, viewers are getting a closer look at the tumultuous production of 1972’s The Godfather. Widely considered a classic, it was a challenging effort for director Francis...
Love it or hate it, marijuana has been a large part of society since ancient times. And in its five-thousand-year history, the plant has been a part of some strange events, inventions, and discoveries. Take a look at ten...
Thanks in part to Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 film Moulin Rouge!—and the Broadway musical based on it—the actual Moulin Rouge in Paris’s Montmartre district is well-known among a larger demographic than Francophiles, tourist...
Throughout history, there have been countless impractical weapons that were overly complicated, poorly designed, or simply conceived in the wrong era. Many of these weapons straddled the border between innovation and use...
An Italian man from Vercelli claimed to had been abducted by aliens from the planet Clarion in September 1981. The planet is located in the Eagle galaxy, 150,000 light-years from Earth.Read also:Black US Soldier Was Abdu...
If crossing entire oceans on boats of dubious and typically amateurish construction sounds like a risky proposition to you, thats probably because youre of a slightly saner disposition than most of the would-be sea capta...
Everyone from authors and politicians to a former first lady and a comic book character once worked among the bookshelves at a library.1. Mao ZedongBefore he led the Communist Party of China, Mao Zedong worked as a libra...
By now youve probably either seen the movie, watched the play or read the book Les Miserables, Victor Hugos classic tale of life in nineteenth century Paris. But have you ever wondered if life in Paris at that time reall...
Recreational marijuana use didnt become an issue in the United States until after the Mexican Revolution in the 1910s, when immigrants arriving in the US brought with them their intoxicant of choice. Marijuana was Mexica...
The first direct reference to marijuana as a psychoactive agent dates from 2737 B.C. and is found in the writings of the Chinese emperor Shen Nung. In the past, marijuana has been used as a gift, treasure, medicine, cere...
History can be a hard sell. There are a lot of dates to memorize, and it wasnt all as edge-of-your-seat exciting as Hollywood has led us to believe. But amid the dusty old books and droning historians, a few gems are wai...
Instead of making The Expendables 3, maybe Hollywood could consider putting together a soldier-of-fortune tale with an actual plot. Thankfully, historys done all the hard work already. Here are ten stories that belong on...
Italian violinist Francesco Geminiani once wrote that a violin's tone should "rival the most perfect human voice." Nearly three centuries later, scientists have confirmed that some of the world's oldest v...
Did ancient aliens modify the DNA of earthlings? According to ancient astronaut theorists, beings from other planets visited Earth in the distant past and modified the DNA of the earliest humans for their personal benefi...
The worlds oldest profession (or so they say), prostitution is as old as it is provocative. Its safe to say that prostitution has been around as long as civilization itself. It has almost always come with the territory o...
According to the World Health Organization, Dengue is a viralinfection transmitted to humans through the bite of infectedmosquitoes. The virus responsible for causing dengue is calledDengue virus (DENV). There are four D...
Despite his retirement in 2021, Khabib Nurmagomedov is still active inside the UFC. Although he isn’t fighting anymore, ‘The Eagle’ trains some top fighters in the promotion. In fact, UFC lightweight star Islam Makhac...
Multiple star systems are very common in the Milky Way. While most of these systems are binary systems consisting of two stars, others contain three, four, or even six stars.These systems tend to be pretty stable since u...
Multiple star systems are very common in the Milky Way. While most of these systems are binary systems consisting of two stars, others contain three, four, or even six stars.These systems tend to be pretty stable since u...
Sean "Diddy" Combs opened this year's Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night (May 15) with a rousing performance and opening monologue.Shortly after he kicked off the show with a medley of his new single, "Gotta Mov...
Kobe Bryant was always the toughest guy on the court. He was dedicated to the art of playing basketball. His workout routines are wildly popular. He was always the guy who was first to report to the practice and last to ...
Kobe Bryant was always the toughest guy on the court. He was dedicated to the art of playing basketball. His workout routines are wildly popular. He was always the guy who was first to report to the practice and last to ...
James Harden is arguably one of the three greatest offensive players this league has ever seen. He was a three-level scorer. Harden could attack at the rim, he could beat you from a distance, and he could hit his free th...
I absolutely love the Monaco Historic Grand Prix. The biennial event allows spectators trackside and at home to watch racing machinery up to 97 years old compete on a street circuit that has been in use for over 90 years...
