Performing surgery or medical procedures on a living creature for experimentation is known as vivisection. It is one of the most heinous Japanese torture methods used during the Second World War. But did you know what happened to the eight airmen who crashed in Japan in 1945? Eight American Airmen were taken to Kyushu University […]
Seat belts were uncomfortable and restrictive for drivers and passengers, but the uproar over mandatory seat belt laws was mostly ideological. Do you know who the Anti-Seatbelt Law Advocate Who Died in a car crash was? Derek Kieper, an anti-seat-belt advocate, once stated, “Uncle Sam is not here to regulate every facet of life regardless
Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist and scholar who led the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. paid tribute to him after his assassination. But did you know what happened to the copy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech? Martin Luther King Jr. gave a copy
Gabrielle Bonheur Coco Chanel was a French businesswoman and fashion designer. She was the founder and namesake of the Chanel brand and is credited with popularizing sporty, casual chic as the feminine standard of style in the post-World War I era. This style replaced the previously dominant corseted silhouette with a style that was simpler,
Sesame Street is an educational children’s television show in the United States that combines live-action, sketch comedy, animation, and puppetry. It was created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett and was produced by Sesame Workshop. It was formerly known as the Children’s Television Workshop until June 2000. But did you know that the show
The use of Cannabis in the United States is getting popular. According to a 2018 study, while teen cannabis use has decreased, American adults are increasingly using cannabis daily. Forbes estimates that the global cannabis industry is worth $7.7 billion. It’s projected to hit $31.4 billion by 2021. But did you know what Cannabis Strain
Holocaust Denial refers to any attempt to deny the well-established facts of the Nazi genocide against European Jews. Anti-semitism, prejudice against or hatred of Jews, includes Holocaust denial and distortion. Holocaust denial and distortion generally assert that the Holocaust was invented or exaggerated by Jews to advance Jewish interests. But did you know how General
More than 8 million people die yearly from the tobacco crisis. It is one of the most significant risks to global public health. This figure includes roughly 1.2 million fatalities from exposure to secondhand smoke. But did you know who initially objected to the use of tobacco? Before the US acknowledged that smoking severely impacts
The Halifax Explosion was a calamity that occurred on December 6, 1917, in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. In the Narrows, a passage connecting the upper Halifax Harbour to Bedford Basin, the French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc collided with the Norwegian freighter SS Imo. A fire on board the Mont-Blanc resulted in a tremendous explosion that
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Nearly 20,000 Wisconsin residents get into a deer-related car accident every year. These accidents resulted in 477 injuries and 8 deaths in total. The local government knew they had to do something about it, but how did Wisconsin reduce these numbers by almost 25%? Allowing wolves to improve their numbers reduced deer-related traffic collisions by
