by Thomas B. | Sep 30, 2022 | Articles, Business, History, Religion
You cannot put price on everything. One of the popular slogans of Mastercard is “priceless, for everything else there is a Mastercard”. King Alfred’s jewel falls into that priceless category. One of the largest pieces of jewelry from the Anglo-Saxon period, the jewel...
by Thomas B. | Sep 29, 2022 | Articles, Conspiracy, History
One of the funniest and most interesting conspiracy theories is that the Great Wall of China was actually built thanks to a gambling game. Yes, we’ve all heard about the Great Wall of China, the one landmark on Earth that is visible from space. There are some who...
by Thomas B. | Sep 29, 2022 | Articles, History, Personal Triumphs
Almost 100 years before Princess Diana married Prince Charles, or Jackie Kennedy married John F. Kennedy, the marriage of the year and the century was the one between Frances Folsom and Grover Cleveland. The American President asked the 21 year old Frances to marry...
by Thomas B. | Sep 29, 2022 | Articles, Nature
The Caspian Sea is the world’s largest lake. Yes, it shares some characteristics with a sea, namely salinity and the fact it has an ocean basin below sea level. But it is a sea. The lake, also called world’s largest inland body of water, lies between Europe and Asia,...
by Thomas B. | Sep 28, 2022 | Articles, Music
John Williams is one of the musical giants nowadays. He has worked for so many movie franchises. But his best job is working on the Star Wars theme. His work on the saga is iconic. He was also responsible for Harry Potter, Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park, Superman, Jaws,...
