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Meaning. According to tradition, "the birds and the bees" is a metaphorical story sometimes told to children in an attempt to explain the mechanics and results of sexual intercourse through reference to easily observed natural events. For instance, bees carry and deposit pollen into flowers, a visible and easy-to-explain parallel to fertilization.
The Four Evils campaign (Chinese : 除 四 害; pinyin : Chú Sì Hài) was one of the first campaigns of the Great Leap Forward in Maoist China from 1958 to 1962. Authorities targeted four " pests " for elimination: rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows. The extermination of sparrows – also known as the smash sparrows campaign[ 1 ] (Chinese ...
Birds Aren't Real. Birds Aren't Real is a satirical conspiracy theory which posits that birds are actually drones operated by the United States government to spy on American citizens. [2][3][4][5] In 2018, journalist Rachel Roberts described Birds Aren't Real as "a joke that thousands of people are in on."
Harry Hinsley. Sir Francis Harry Hinsley, OBE, FBA (26 November 1918 – 16 February 1998) was an English intelligence officer and historian. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the Second World War. He was known as Harry Hinsley.
Ethology. Konrad Zacharias Lorenz (German pronunciation: [ˈkɔnʁaːt tsaxaˈʁiːas ˈloːʁɛnts] ⓘ; 7 November 1903 – 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Nikolaas Tinbergen and Karl von Frisch. He is often regarded as one of the ...
Leonard Dubkin was born in 1905 in Odessa, Russia Empire. He came to the United States with his parents in 1907. The oldest of seven with a chronically ill father, his family relied on Jewish charity organizations. In the eighth grade, Leonard dropped out of school to work and take care of his family. By the age of 12 he was taking meticulous ...
Germany is known to have pursued entomological warfare programs during World War II. [7] The nation pursued the mass-production, and dispersion, of the Colorado potato beetle (Lepinotarsa decemlineata), aimed at the enemy's food sources. [7] The beetle was first found in Germany in 1914, as an invasive species from North America. [9]
Relatives. Willard D. Straight (grandfather) Dorothy Payne Whitney (grandmother) Dorothy Elmhirst Straight[1] (born May 25, 1958, in Washington, D.C.) is an American author who wrote How the World Began in 1962 at the age of 4 [2] for her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, [3] making her among the youngest published authors in history. [4]