A short Summary of the History of the World – Part VI
Fun Fact: By 1980, Small Box becomes first human disease to be entirely eradicated. It is arguable that no human being in the history of the world has saved more lives than Edward Jenner....
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Fun Fact: By 1980, Small Box becomes first human disease to be entirely eradicated. It is arguable that no human being in the history of the world has saved more lives than Edward Jenner....
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by Galen · Published September 19, 2024 · Last modified September 21, 2024
Fun Fact: Serbia becomes a Resource Powerhouse for Russia in 1580, not just for Black Fox fur (which becomes worth more than its weight in gold), but supplies Russia with 80% of its gas...
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by Galen · Published September 14, 2024 · Last modified September 19, 2024
Fun Fact: In 2003, scientists discovered a specific genetic marker in men across what was the great Mongolian Empire, which indicates that around 16 million men living in these areas today, are descendants of...
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by Galen · Published September 13, 2024 · Last modified September 14, 2024
Fun Fact: A man named Stephen is mentioned in the Bible, who first claimed that the crucified son of a carpenter, was the son of God. He is known as the fist martyr in...
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by Galen · Published September 12, 2024 · Last modified September 14, 2024
Fun Fact: The Comrades Marathon is known as one of the ultimate tests of endurance, thanks to the Athenians. Roughly 3,000 years ago, was the Age of Empire, where war drove the human story...
Greetings fellow cybernaught and welcome. If you share a curiosity for the world and for how stuff works, a fascination for the mysterious and the unknown, a love of technology, the Internet, art, gaming,...
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by Galen · Published September 11, 2024 · Last modified September 26, 2024
The following articles are an attempt to briefly summarise the history of the world – the story of who we are, and where we find ourselves now. I’m personally fascinated by how certain individuals...
When people consider their future dream home many may think of a four-bedroom, two-bathroom, double-story house with a great view — somewhere in the mountains. I think of a house under the sea — one that has a huge window looking out into the ocean and one that is fully connected to the outside world … and which cleans itself.
The video clip “The Most Astounding Fact” is both emotionally moving and hugely insightful. Neil deGrasse Tyson has a knack for explaining cosmological events with such passion and simplicity.
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by Galen · Published July 4, 2022 · Last modified June 20, 2024
An introduction to the basic theories of quantum physics and how these affect our reality (or make our heads explode)
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