A small, hollow object made of bronze, the roman dodecahedron has long been a great mystery. Some of them are made of bronze, but rarely, they are made of stone. The dodecahedron has a geometrical shape and twelve flat faces. Each face is a pentagon, a five-sided shape. Embellished with a series of knobs on … Read more
Sexy mannequins have been a thing for a while. But you be surprised that sexy grave statues are also a thing. Are these tombs with magic powers? Well, one story from France seems to insinuate that. Today, we will talk about Victor Noir, a famous French person whose grave has given birth to legends. Women … Read more
Steven Seagal was one of the most famous action heroes in Hollywood in the early 90s. His fight scenes were a form of art, and there is reason why he was so genuine and persuasive. Before he was famous, Seagal had a day job of training aikido and other martial arts. At the early age … Read more
Few days ago, Michael Jordan celebrated his 53rd birthday. In the world of basketball, he is known as the greatest player that ever played the game, mostly because of his Chicago Bulls days. For most people, the last lasting memory of Michael Jordan is “The Shot Volume 2”, the one he took over Bryon Russell … Read more
Adrenaline rush, a sudden burst of energy coming from an increased production of the hormone adrenaline. Increased blood pressure, heart rate, blood sugar, metabolism, perspiration, all of which are a result of increase in production of the neurotransmitter called adrenaline. Nowadays, people called adrenaline junkies search for every possible way to increase their adrenaline levels. … Read more
Amelia Mary Earhart was an American aviation pioneer and author. She was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic ocean, a feat she did in 1932. She was also the first woman to fly as a passenger across the Atlantic Ocean in 1928. Back in the 1920s and 1930s, there were not … Read more
On November 9, 1989, the Berlin wall was tore down. Starting at midnight that day, the East Berlin’s Communist Party announced that citizens of the GDR were free to cross the country’s borders. And while Berlin tore down the wall, and essentially made East and West Germany one country, there are still spots where the … Read more
Science is full of accidents that produce great inventions. Something was developed in the lab by accident. But it turned out to be something great. And that is what Starlite was. A miracle material, Starlite was developed more than two decades ago by Maurice Ward, an amateur scientist. Ward claimed that the material could resist … Read more
Papua New Guinea is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia. Its capital is Port Moresby. The western half of New Guinea forms the Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua. Papua … Read more
Le Duc Tho was a Vietnamese revolutionary, general, diplomat, and a politician. He was the first Asian to win the Nobel Peace Prize, albeit jointly with United States Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. But he refused to accept the award. This puts him in a unique category of Nobel Peace Prize winners. He remains the … Read more