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A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Oncology Treatment

Posted On May 20, 2020

Cancer kills 9,000,000 (9 million) people each year and despite having searched for centuries, a cure has yet to be discovered by scientists. At the center of the immune system is the T cell, a type of leukocyte which respond […]

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The Advent of the Restaurant in Paris, France

Posted On March 18, 2020

The modern concept of the restaurant is a French idea, with the term “restaurant” being derived from the term “restaurer” which means to ”provide food for” in French, with a more literal translation of “restoration” in that a restaurant is […]

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Photographic Evidence of Lewis Carroll’s Alleged Pedaphilia Involving Alice Liddell, the Protagonist of Alice In Wonderland

Posted On February 12, 2020

A photograph linked to Lewis Carroll was found in the Musée Cantini, a French museum in Marseille, France, which depicts what appears to be a pubescent aged Lorina Liddell who was the younger sister of Alice Liddell, the person whom […]

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The Eurasian Yamnaya People and Their Cultural and Physical Dominance of the European and Asian Continents

Posted On January 22, 2020

The Yamnaya people were bands of nomads who roamed territory north of the Black Sea and Caspian Sea during the Bronze Age. By 3000 B.C., the Yamnaya became the greatest horse culture of the ancient world, as they were the […]

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The Advent and Original Intent of Intelligence Quotient Examinations

Posted On June 11, 2019

Intelligence quotient examinations were invented by the French psychologist Alfred Binet as a way of measuring and identifying skill sets which children had or had not yet developed during their adolescence. The idea was to calculate the mental age divided […]

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The Invention of Roulette

Posted On April 2, 2019

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The Etymology of the Term “Baroque” and “Rococo”

Posted On March 1, 2019

The term “Baroque” is derived from the Portuguese term “barroco” which means a “misshapen pearl” as it was thought that the baroque period was similar to the Renaissance, but not as perfect as the Renaissance, a sort of wonky replica […]

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Henri Becquerel’s Discovery of the Glow of Radioactive Materials

Posted On February 21, 2019

In 1896 French scientist Henri Becquerel was working with radioactive substances and found that under ultraviolet light, these elements began to glow. Becquerel left radioactive uranium salts overnight on a photographic plate which had never been exposed to light. The […]

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Edward “Blackbeard” Thatch’s Ship the Queen Anne’s Revenge

Posted On February 7, 2019

Edward Thatch, commonly referred to as “Blackbeard”, was most likely born in Bristol, England. Thatch’s ship was christened “the Queen Anne’s Revenge” and was originally a French ship sailing under the name “La Concorde”. When captured, Blackbeard freed the crew […]

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Christmas On The Western Front During World War II

Posted On December 25, 2018

During World War I, a ceasefire occurred for a single day on December 25, 1914. This temporary peace was referred to as the “Christmas Truce” in English but in German it is referred to as “Weihnachtsfrieden” and in French it […]

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