by Thomas B. | Nov 18, 2022 | Articles, Disaster, Environmental
An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth resulting from a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s lithosphere that creates seismic waves. Earthquakes range in size from weak, to violent enough to shatter an entire city. So far in history, there have...
by Thomas B. | Nov 18, 2022 | Articles, History, Military/War
Kristallnacht, or better known as the Night of Broken Glass, was a pogrom against Jews carried out by SA paramilitary forces and civilians in Nazi Germany. It occurred on the night of November 9th, and lasted until November 10. Many consider it the beginning of the...
by Thomas B. | Nov 17, 2022 | Art, Articles, Beauty, Lifestyle
A bizarre new form of carbon could become the rival to diamonds. Scientists have called this glow-in-the-dark magnetic material Q-carbon. The material is the third known solid phase or form of the carbon element, following graphite and diamond. But Q-carbon is...
by Thomas B. | Nov 17, 2022 | Articles, Lifestyle, Sports
Born Joseph Hubertus Pilates, he was a German physical trainer, credit with inventing and promoting Pilates as a method of physical fitness. Nowadays, Pilates is one of the more popular workout methods. But that wasn’t the case in the early 1900s when Joseph was...
by Thomas B. | Nov 17, 2022 | Articles, Lifestyle, Travel
Colmar is an adorable small French town that looks like a preserved medieval village. There are traditional half-timbered houses, abundance of overflowing flower pots, and uneven cobblestone streets. If you have ever seen Beauty and the Beast, this is the city...