The main action in The Passion of the Christ involves a man being beaten, mutilated, tortured, impaled, and finally executed. The film is difficult to watch, so much so that some critics have labeled it offensive, even sadistic, for fetishizing violence. But did you know that Mel Gibson did not want to add subtitles to […]
Bees require nectar and pollen to feed themselves and raise their young. They must seek the best flowers to forage on to gather their needs. But do you know how bees find the good quality pollen to make their honey? In the hive, bees dance to each other to communicate where they can find good
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It is estimated that there are approximately 7,000 natural languages today, with many dying all the time. It is also estimated that there were a maximum of 10,000 in the world a few centuries ago before the worst effects of European colonization were felt. But do you know how many languages went extinct in the
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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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Maurits Cornelis Escher was a Dutch graphic artist who is known for his hyper-realistic artwork that often portrays a bizarre optical illusion. His work influenced many artists. But did you know he also influenced the world of semantics? Escher sentences are sentences that sound and look grammatically correct, but when you take a closer look,
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Some animals have gained the ability to talk through learning or training, like parrots and elephants. But surprisingly, monkeys and apes, the human’s closest primate cousins, remain unable to produce human-like speech. Many believe that their anatomy hinders them from talking like humans, but new research has disproved that idea. Despite being anatomically equipped for
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Young Danish students experience difficulties comprehending vowel-abundant phrases or sentences because Danes usually swallow their words, with only a quarter of the syllables enunciated. These factors contribute to an overall delay in the language learning of Danish children. Moreover, regardless of the language similarities, Danish adults rely more on context to understand ambiguous sentences when
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If you have tried learning French and Italian at any point in your life, you would be able to identify some similarities in the two languages. But is this just a coincidence, or are they really similar? The truth of the matter is, the French and Italian languages share about 89% lexical similarity. This means
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Icelandic language Main article: History of Icelandic The oldest preserved texts in Icelandic were written around 1100 AD. Many of the texts are based on poetry and laws traditionally preserved orally. The most famous of the texts, which were written in Iceland from the 12th century onward, are the Icelandic Sagas, which encompass the historical
Basque language Culture of Basque Country show History show People show Languages show Traditions show Mythology and folklore show Cuisine show Festivals Literature show Music and performing arts show Sport show Symbols v t e Family transmission of Basque language (Basque as initial language) Percentage of students registered in Basque language schools (2000–2005) Location of
