Thomas B. 
Mother Teresa is a Roman Catholic nun known for her work in Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta), a city in India. Pope Francis recently announced that the Catholic nun will be declared a saint on September 4 for her work in helping the poor. Mother Teresa was born in 1910 in Skopje, the city that … Read more
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 River between Heart Island and Imperial Isle, close … Read more
We are sentient beings. We think, reason, communicate with each other and more. But in the past several years, other human creations have the ability to think. And that is artificial intelligence. What is AI? Well, simply put, artificial intelligence is a way to enable computers to learn with the help of a teacher as … Read more
Before there was Usain Bolt, there was Jesse Owens. Back in the 1930s, Owens was one of the best athletes in the world, and he managed to completely ruin Hitler’s and Nazi propaganda during the 1936 Olympics. How everything happened? The International Olympic Committee awarded the 1936 Summer Olympics to Berlin in 1931. At the … Read more
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 is owned by Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum. The priceless jewel returned to Somerset … Read more
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 him. After initially declining the offer, she accepted and became the … Read more
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, east of the Caucasus, west of … Read more
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, Schindler’s List, and many other franchises. He … Read more
We often say that if women ruled the world, there would be no wars. It is just one of the many sayings regarding a world ruled by women. And in most cases, we think it is just empty words. But that is far from the truth. One tribe in China shows that a world ruled … Read more
Japan, or the country famously known as “the country where the Sun rises” is home of some of the most beautiful festivals. During the whole year, Japan is overwhelmed with colorful festivals, parades and much more. Some of the festivals celebrate Japanese culture, while others are celebrate times of the year. And when it comes … Read more