WEIRD FACTS
More than 500 people were hospitalized after powerful thunderstorms drove scorpions from their burrows and into residential houses in the city of Aswan. Mohamed Hamdy Boshta holds a scorpion, one of many that he hunts on Egyptian deserts and shores to extract their …
Santa Fe Trail 1821-2021 Illustration by Ronald Kil Home About the Artists Ronald Kil Doug Holdread Santa Fe Trail 200 In 1821, the Santa Fe Trail was opened as a commercial route between Missouri and New Mexico by William Becknell and his party …
Betty Crocker’s first official portrait, on the left, from 1936. Her most recent portrait, from 1996, is on the right. BettyCrocker.com By Elizabeth A. Blake, Assistant Professor of English, Clark University 2021 Nov 10 – Though she celebrates her 100th birthday this …
Thousands of the satellites orbiting Earth are small – like this cubical satellite seen here being released from the International Space Station. NASA, CC BY-NC – By Supriya Chakrabarti, Professor of Physics, University of Massachusetts Lowell 2021 Sep 17 – – It seems …
Without fungi we don’t have bread, chocolate, cheese, soy sauce, beer or wine. They are also crucial to protecting our climate. ‘Fungi are responsible for almost all our food production, and most of our processed materials. They can also be thanked for many …
Semi-animated Netflix documentary short reveals the secret story of the Jewish soldiers who watched over prisoners of war on US soil. ‘Nobody knew about it, and the people who conducted the interviews never told anyone about it. They didn’t even tell their wives …
DHS Logo – Mark Makela/Getty Images – By Geneva Sands, CNN Updated 2021 Nov 10 – The Department of Homeland Security warned in a new terrorism bulletin Wednesday of a “diverse and challenging threat environment” ahead of the holidays, pointing to the spread of …
Kentucky driver called police after seeing ‘female passenger making hand gestures known to represent violence at home.’ By Samantha Lock Last modified on 2021 Nov 09 – A missing teenage girl was rescued in the US after using a hand gesture that signals …
People walk down a flooded sidewalk in Annapolis, Maryland, on 2021 Oct 29. AP Photo/Susan Walsh – By Jianjun Yin, Associate Professor of Geoscience, University of Arizona Updated 2021 Nov 06 – The U.S. East Coast has been experiencing hurricane-like flooding in recent days, …
A raft of evidence shows that caste discrimination has been imported from India to the United States. By Vidya Krishnan 2021 Nov 06 – About the author: Vidya Krishnan is a writer and journalist based in Goa, India. Her first book, Phantom Plague: How …
