Hi my first time posting here. Did you know that on May 6, 2021, some tardigrades (better known as water bears) were sent to the International Space Station to see how they adapted To microgravity
Bite the Bullet: This phrase is believed to originate from the days before modern anesthesia when soldiers were given bullets to bite on during surgery to cope with extreme pain. This practice allowed them to focus on something else during painful proced
You've probably heard that feminists burned their bras in the 1970s, but that's not true. This myth arose when feminists protested at the Miss America Pageant in Atlantic City in 1968, and they symbolically threw objects that they felt were confining i
Astronomers confirmed the earliest known black hole in galaxy CAPERS-LRD-z9, formed just 500 million years after the Big Bang—13.3 billion years ago.
In 1518, a Town Danced Itself to Death
The Dancing Plague of 1518 struck Strasbourg, France, where hundreds of people danced uncontrollably for days without stopping. Some died from exhaustion and heart failure. Historians believe it was caused by mass
In northers European cultures, swords were believed to have their own 'soul', so when the warrior died, the sword had to be destroyed and buried so the spirit could accompany the warrior into the afterlife
