Tag: facts
Ancient Egyptian Workers Strike
This is an interesting ancient Egyptian history post about how the workers building the tomb of Rameses III went on strike to demand better wages….
You Are Smart
This is a neat little post about how retaining and applying random facts and knowledge makes you smart. Take the win! You are smart even…
Olive Colored Skin and Greek Color Words
This is an interesting and informative post about a dispute over a refence to olive colored skin in a book by Madeline Miller. The author…
The Evolution of Geek Culture – Infographic
The Evolution of Geek Culture explains where the word “geek” originated and the label’s wide variety of interpretations over the past century. The label “geek”…
Misconceptions About Historical Marriage Ages
This is an interesting post about misconceptions about historical marriages and the age that women were wed. I really do hope that the idea the…
The Devil’s Tramping Ground
The Devil’s Tramping Ground is a camping spot located in a forest near Harper’s Crossroads in Bear Creek, North Carolina. It is the subject of local lore, which…
Jellyfish in Space
Ok so, as part of NASA’s SLS-1 Mission in 1991, over 2,000 moon jellyfish were launched into space on the space shuttle Columbia. The purpose…
Unlikely Simultaneous Historical Events
This is a neat post that lists some unlikely simultaneous historical events. It’s hard to believe that these parts of history happened at the same…
The Strap-Toothed Whale
thatmcufangirl posted these interesting facts about the “most extra male cetacean alive”, the strap-toothed beaked whale aka Layard’s beaked whale: Source: thatmcufangirl
Ancient Ruins Research Rabbit Hole
Paul Cooper posted this interesting history thread about some ancient ruins research he did about the Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens, Greece. He became…