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Image credits: Oliver James #21. Some 3,000 years ago, in modern-day Iran, ancient engineers created the Qanat—an ingenious underground system to carry water over long distances.
The Radio 4 Thought for the Day format has been copied onto some other BBC channels, notably local radio. An example is BBC Radio Suffolk's morning show that hosts a Thought for the Day at approximately 7:30. Suffolk's programme differs from the national broadcast in that it is only 1 minute and 45 seconds long.
A Calendar of Wisdom (Russian: Круг чтения, Krug chtenia), also known as Path of life, A Cycle of Readings or Wise Thoughts for Every Day, is a collection of insights and wisdom compiled by Leo Tolstoy between 1903 and 1911 that was published in three different editions. An English translation by Archibald J. Wolfe of the first ...
I attended the Buttonwood Gathering in New York, hosted by The Economist -- a fantastic meeting of the minds, with talks given by David Einhorn, Larry Summers, Robert Rubin, Mohamed El-Erian, and ...
Image credits: factz.unheard BSc meteorologist Janice Davila tells Bored Panda that one of the most unknown facts from her field of expertise is that weather radars are slightly tilted upward in a ...
What a Thought” is a short story by Shirley Jackson. It was published posthumously within the short-story collection Just an Ordinary Day in 1996. Plot Summary
Image credits: BigBAAAATTYcrease #2. Remember random stories I tell and/or notice things about me (what I like/don’t like, etc) without my directly telling you the info.
The entries haphazardly mix a past tense recounting of events of the day with present time registering of thoughts and associations relating to them. It begins with a standard date-based diary format, but at a certain point even the dates take on an irrational form, as if the writer's sense of conventional time has dissolved.