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This often means that editors themselves must take photographs of notable subjects, or that historical subjects have weird historical images rather than professional photos. Because of this, we occasionally end up with some unintentionally funny biographical photos. Here are some of the best.
Image credits: tomaspueyo Even though maps focused on territory lines show exactly where one country ends and another begins, when it comes to cultural issues or such things as language and faith ...
Isaac Bonewits's laws of magic are synthesized from a multitude of belief systems from around the world, collected in order to explain and categorize magical beliefs within a cohesive framework. Joule's laws are heat laws related to electricity and to gasses, named for James Prescott Joule .
Image credits: AprumMol #23. TIL After his lung cancer diagnosis, actor Yul Brynner wished to warn people against smoking. After his death, the american cancer society aired an ad with the actor ...
2012 phenomenon – a range of eschatological beliefs that cataclysmic or otherwise transformative events would occur on or around 21 December 2012. This date was regarded as the end-date of a 5,126-year-long cycle in the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar and as such, festivities to commemorate the date took place on 21 December 2012 in countries where the Maya civilization had formerly ...
Cultures around the world tell stories about a great flood. [18] In many cases, the flood leaves only one survivor or group of survivors. For example, both the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh and the Hebrew Bible tell of a global flood that wiped out humanity and of a man who saved the Earth's species by taking them aboard a boat . [ 19 ]
Hundreds of people were convinced the world would end on a very specific date. Turns out they were wrong. Ahem. Hell house: A type of Christian horror house to make children more pious. Holy Prepuce: One of several relics purported to be associated with Jesus. Also known as The Holy Foreskin. (See also Circumcision of Jesus.) Jesus H. Christ
A 2019 survey found that globally, we think old age begins at 66. When asked to describe it, we usually use the term wise (35%), followed by frail (32%), lonely (30%), and respected (25%). People ...