Saddam Hussein ruled over Iraq for years and fought two wars with the United States. Many people view him as one of the most evil people in history. His rule was responsible for deaths of many people, including 5000 Kurds in a 1988 gas attack and the 1982 slaughter of 148 Shiite Muslims. What many … Read more
LATEST STATISTICS AND ESTIMATES SHOW THAT THERE ARE 4,000 KOROWAI PEOPLE LEFT IN THE WORLD The Korowai people live in the Southeastern Papua, a city in the island of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world. The island is a mountainous, sparsely populated tropical land divided between two countries. In the east, the … Read more
The Pombaline style was a Portuguese architectural style of the 18th century. Named after the first Marques de Pombal, the style became prominent after the earthquake of 1755. Pombal supervised the plans drawn up by the military engineers Manuel de Maia, Eugenio dos Santos, and Elias Sebastian Pope. The new city, mostly the Baixa area, … Read more
The most common method of watching movies on the internet is through streaming. Streaming movies and videos is the process by which movies, located at a certain website online, can be viewed in real time, by a view at any remote location anywhere in the world. Movie streaming requires high speed internet connection and access … Read more
There were many heroes during World War II. The most devastating war in history resulted in the death of hundreds of thousands of people, and few heroes among them. While we all know the Winston Churchill and the Franklin Roosevelts of the world, we know little about the people that helped without getting any recognition. … Read more
The Nuremberg trials took place between 1945 and 1949. There were 13 trials carried out for the purpose of bringing Nazi war criminals to justice. The defendants included Nazi Party officials and high-ranking military officers. Adolf Hitler committed suicide and was never brought to trial. Nowadays, we regard the trials as a milestone toward the … Read more
Diego Garcia is an island overseas territory of the United Kingdom. It is the largest of 60 small islands compromising the Chagos Archipelago. It was first discovered and named by the Portuguese, and then settled by the French in the 1790s. British got the island after the Napoleonic Wars. In 1966, the population of the … Read more
Polar Bears definitely know how to pose for the camera. Any picture of them is absolutely adorable. They are cool in front of the camera, and live in the coolest places on the planet. But the looks can be deceiving. We think of polar bears as cute and cuddly animals. But they are predators, and … Read more
On August 4, one of the biggest explosions in history hit Beirut. The explosion devastated the city beloved for its cosmopolitanism. Official numbers are more than 135 deaths in the aftermath of the blast and thousands injured. A large fire at the port of Beirut preceded the explosion. In videos posted on social media, we … Read more
There are few sculptures that are as iconic as The Thinker. Made by French artist Auguste Rodin, the statue shows a muscular figure in his moment of concentrated introspection. Rodin made a number of other marble and bronze editions, but his most famous version is the 6-foot bronze statue siting in the gardens of the … Read more