by Thomas B. | Oct 18, 2022 | Articles, Environmental, People
The Line is a linear smart city that is currently under construction in Saudi Arabi in Neom, Tabuk Province. The city is designed to have no cars, streets, or carbon emissions. In other words, it is a 170km (110miles) long apartment building part of Saudi Vision 2030...
by Thomas B. | Oct 18, 2022 | Articles, People, Personal Triumphs
Born in December 1760, Deborah Sampson was a Massachusetts woman who disguised herself as a man in order to serve in the Continental Army. She is one of several women with a documented record of military combat experience during the American Revolutionary War. Sampson...
by Thomas B. | Oct 18, 2022 | Articles, Travel
Imagine living on a tennis court in the middle of a river. That is how life looks on the world’s smallest inhabited island. If you enter the coordinates 44°20′33.5″N 75°55′29.5″W, you will be just at the location of the island. The island lies on the Saint Lawrence...
by Thomas B. | Oct 18, 2022 | Articles, Food/Drink
Italy is the largest wine producer in the world. The country is head to head with France for most wine production regions. But Italy leads the way in the past few years. The country combines a long history of wine-making with an ideal climate. Add in more than one...
by Thomas B. | Oct 17, 2022 | Articles, Philosophy
Even though no one speaks Latin as their first language any more, many people study it in school. At the turn of the 20th century, more than 50% of all US public high school students took Latin as their foreign language. Often described as a dead language, but that is...
