Not for nothing is New York City dubbed the concrete jungle, with thousands of square miles of pavement of various types covering the city, ranging from freshly-poured and quickly graffitied cement sidewalks to cobblestones dating back to the 1800s. It is not a literal jungle, but do you know why a population of wild parrots […]
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According to the United Nations, the estimated global average life expectancy as of 2019 is said to be at 72.6 years. Their research also shows that Norway has the best health since the 1950s, with a life expectancy of 72.3 years. But despite this, some individuals thrive way beyond the average age. Who is one
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The flip-top on aluminum cans is known as a pop tab. You can find them on soda cans, sparkling water cans, and a variety of other beverage cans. You can also collect tabs from soup, fruit, vegetable, and pet food cans. But how much money will you get if you recycle it? Charities that collect
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Hildegart Rodriguez Carballeira was a socialist and an activist for the sexual revolution. She was raised by her mother to be the epitome of a modern woman. Unfortunately, Hildegart did not make it past the age of 18. What happened to her? Hildegart Carballeira began reading at the age of two, spoke four languages at
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Cost-cutting methods are vital for businesses to survive especially with the current economic crisis. There are several measures that were introduced in the past few years but have you heard about how Amsterdam Schipol was able to reduce its cleaning costs by about 8%? To reduce spillage in men’s wall-mounted urinals, Amsterdam Airport devised an
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The Attica Correctional Facility is a maximum security campus located in New York in the town of Attica. It is operated by the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision. The facility housed infamous killers like David Berkowitz, Willie Sutton, and Mark David Chapman. But did you know how the Attica Prison Uprising
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Current research has essentially debunked the idea of a global nuclear winter as a result of a nuclear conflict. It was mostly a political position based on incorrect modeling and “worst-case analysis gone wild” to support nuclear disarmament. What is nuclear winter and what caused this? Nuclear Winter is the environmental destruction that some experts
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The world heritage listing of over 200,000 hectares of Tasmania’s old-growth forest gives hope that a three-decade battle between environmentalists, lawmakers, and loggers is finally finished. But did you know how Miranda Gibson was involved in saving these trees? Miranda Gibson protected the surrounding forest by living on a small platform 60 meters above the
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Joseph Michael Palmer was a member of the Fruitlands Commune and a Transcendentalist who was friends with Louisa May Alcott and other Transcendentalists. Palmer was persecuted for such an odd reason back in 1830. In 1830, Joseph Palmer was attacked because he had a beard, then imprisoned for defending himself. He died in 1873, at
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The tradition of writing letters to Santa Claus started when Charlie Green had kids in town drop letters in a box in his shop. His wife, Verna Green started answering them and she had kept doing so for up to 30 years. But do you know what happens to the letters kids send to Santa
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