The 1860s and 1890s gave birth to the Wild West genre and laid the groundwork for its subsequent mythology. It was a time when cowboys, Indians, pioneers, outlaws, and gunslingers came together for expansion, defense, greed, and reinvention. But did you know that England has a fake American Wild West town? In England, there is […]
Papua New Guinea is a country in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea. After 60 years of the Australian administration, it declared independence in 1975. The country, with its islands, has a population of roughly 7 million people and occupies an area of approximately 178,704 square miles. But did
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A statue is a free-standing sculpture that features realistic, full-length figures of people or animals carved or cast in a durable material such as wood, metal, or stone. But did you know why statues in Ancient Greece were built with small penises? Small penises are depicted on Ancient Greek male statues because they represented the
Walt Disney came up with the concept of a Disney-themed amusement park after visiting several similar places back in the 30s and 40s with his daughters. Initially, he thought of creating an attraction just next to the studio in Burbank to entertain visitors. The Tarzan character was temporarily removed from the Disney Parks because visitors
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Before our flight takes off, the cabin crew gives us a run down of all the safety features of the plane. This covers emergency exits and safety protocol as well as an introduction about the oxygen masks. But do you know how these oxygen masks work and what they’re actually called? The masks on the
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Royal Caribbean International operates the cruise ship Oasis of the Seas. She is the first of her class, whose ships are the world’s largest passenger ships. Her hull was laid down in November 2007, and she was finished and handed over to Royal Caribbean in October 2009. But do you know how efficient the MS
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Many of the world’s islands are quite large, and many of them are countries. Although Australia is technically an island because it is not connected to any other body of land, it is more commonly referred to as a continent. But do you know how big is the smallest inhabited island in the world? The
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North Carolina and South Carolina are bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. Raleigh is the state’s capital, and Charlotte is its largest city. But did you know about the attraction on the southern border between North and
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The federal government did not chance upon Cancun while intending to develop a completely new vacation metropolis from the ground up. How did Mexico create Cancun from the ground up? In 1968, Mexico chose the location, a nine-mile stretch of jungle island off the coast of Quintana Roo, using computer models and all of a
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Giraffes are tall African hoofed mammals that belong to the genus Giraffa. It is the world’s tallest living terrestrial animal and the largest ruminant. Giraffes were once thought to be a single species, Giraffa camelopardalis, with nine subspecies. But did you know that these animals can communicate by emitting infrared sounds? Giraffes were often assumed
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