Goats mate during the fall, which is known as their typical mating season. Both male and female goats show signs of being ready to mate. A female goat will only accept a male mate when they come into heat. But did you know how male goats attract their mates? Male goats urinate on their heads […]
Male Goats Urinate on Their Heads to Smell More Attractive to Female Goats. Read More »
Steel reinforcement was a revolutionary invention of the nineteenth century. Steel bars provide strength, allowing for long, cantilevered structures and thinner, less-supported slabs. And because less concrete is required to pour such slabs, construction times are reduced significantly. But do you know how long reinforced concrete lasts? Engineers in the early twentieth century predicted that
The Life Expectancy of Reinforced Concrete is About 50 to 100 Years. Read More »
Windows Phone 7 is the first version of the Windows Phone mobile client operating system, and it was released worldwide on October 21, 2010, with the US option following on November 8, 2010. The Windows CE 6.0 kernel powers it. But did you know, as a marketing stint, Microsoft held a mock funeral for the
The Egyptian Red Sea Port Authority has shied away from responsibility in the shocking case of Mohammad Aisha and the Bahraini-flagged MV Aman. According to representatives of the union federation representing the stranded seafarer, they have a moral obligation to act now, regardless of legal rights and wrongs. But did you know how long the
Georges Lemaître, an astronomer, had a big idea in 1927. He claimed that the universe began as a single point long ago. He claimed that the universe stretched and expanded to become as large as it is now and could continue to stretch. But do you know what the Big Bang actually is? The Big
Apollo 12 successfully launched onto the Moon on November 14, 1969. But it wasn’t without drama. That day, the weather in Cape Canaveral, Florida, was overcast with light rain and winds. However, at 11:22 AM. EST, the spacecraft carrying astronauts Pete Conrad, Dick Gordon, and Alan Bean blasted off into the clouds in what appeared
Ostriches are among the most well-known bird species since they are the biggest and fastest flightless birds. However, these birds’ size isn’t their only intriguing aspect; their reproductive habits and mating rituals are also rather unusual. Did you know ostrich farms have difficulty breeding these large birds? Male ostriches frequently find their human caregivers more
Mercury’s highly eccentric egg-shaped orbit is as close to the Sun as 29 million miles and as far as 43 million miles. It travels around the Sun every 88 days at nearly 29 miles per second, faster than any other planet. But did you know that this created double sunrises? Due to Mercury’s slow rotation
Due to their popularity and high demand, lobsters today are quite expensive. In addition, lobsters are difficult to catch and are best served fresh. As a result, the process of catching them up until preparing the meal requires many skills and resources. All of these factors contribute to the high cost of lobsters. But did
Pete Conrad was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer and aviator, and test pilot who led the Apollo 12 space mission, becoming the third person to walk on the Moon. In 1962, Conrad was chosen for NASA’s second astronaut class. But do you know what Pete Conrad said when he first arrived on
