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The First Musician to Routinely Break Their Instrument on Stage
Posted On November 11, 2020


19th century Hungarian composer Franz Liszt created the modern concept of the single musician concert as prior to this, a single musician (e.g. pianist, violinist, flautist etc.) had never played an entire concert by themselves. Liszt often broke his pianos […]


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The Indigenous People of Tanna Island, Vanuatu and Their Religious Cult Honoring and Deifying the U.S. Military
Posted On November 4, 2020


On Tanna Island, Vanuatu, every year on February 15th, residents of the Pacific Ocean island chain engage in a military parade with the term “USA” painted in red or tattooed upon the chest of men who carry large bamboo spears […]


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Galileo Galilei’s Telescope Design Improvement upon the Dutch Spyglass Design
Posted On October 20, 2020


It had been known since the first spectacles were produced in the middle of the 13th century, that glass was capable of bending light, a property which no other known material of the period could achieve. The Dutch spyglass worked […]


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The Etymology of Islam
Posted On October 6, 2020


The term “Islam” is an Arabic term which means “surrender” or “submission” in reference to Allah, with the intention of the term “Islam” to indirectly mean “to submit to God’s will” Share this interesting fact: Like this: Like Loading… Related


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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s Racist Remarks
Posted On September 29, 2020


Winston Churchill once said, “I hate Indians. They are a beastly people with a beastly religion”. This is of course not true in the slightest, and was a marked example of prejudice and racism. Up to 3,000,000 (3 million) people […]


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The Christian Adaptation of the Pagan Ostara Festival Which Became Easter
Posted On September 22, 2020


Just as Christmas replaced the pagan holiday of Saturnalia, Easter replaced the pagan holiday of Ostara, a festival celebrating the pagan goddess of spring, a time of renewal, fertility, and birth. The Catholic Church strategically adopted the pagan seasonal calendar […]


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Super Mario’s Super Human Jumping Capabilty
Posted On August 19, 2020


The Nintendo mascot Mario has a vertical jumping range of 11’5” within his own world which equates to 27’ upon Earth as Earth has a different gravitational pull than that of Mario’s world. Mario is capable of leaping 2.25x his […]


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The Advent of the Computer Mouse
Posted On July 15, 2020


The computer mouse became a mainstream accessory for computers shortly after Steve Jobs viewed a prototype mouse from Xerox in 1979. Jobs asked his team to create a mouse which was under $15.00, would last for 2 years, and could […]


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The Future of Body Modification
Posted On July 1, 2020


Near field communication, often abbreviated as “NFC” is the ability for wireless devices to communicate with eachother and has now made its way into the bodies of human beings with some opting to implant small subdermal microchips using a large […]


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The Psychology Behind Why Human Beings Desire
Posted On June 17, 2020


Human beings are not born with a sense of self, as the answer to the question “who am I?” is truly the accumulation of experiences and interactions with other people. This interaction and experience creates the self-image, an idea which […]


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