Supposing you are one of the people who do not really believe in aliens I am guessing you have worked out that humans are the dominant life form on this planet. As a matter of fact our mind has developed a number of feelings that no other animal can possess.
You think you know about potatoes?
The vegetable most people love and eat largely every week, has a long history. Potatoes were domesticated about 7.000 years ago, although its introduction to Europe, that was the prevailing civilization then, only came in the 1600 since the plant was not endemic in Europe, by the Spanish conquistadors.
The New Coke Perspective
Coca-Cola is obviously by far the most popular soft drink in the World. How could we put, this in a different perspective, however? Let’s start by saying that this is not enough since coca-cola consumption only accounts for 3.1% of all soft drinks that are consumed worldwide. That is not it. [Read more…] about The New Coke Perspective
How Barack Obama was as a child?
Barack Obama will be forever in history books since he was the first black president in the world’s largest economy at any given time. Interestingly, we have come to an era where we can observe the early years of historical people. So, how was Obama’s life a child? [Read more…] about How Barack Obama was as a child?
Why Facebook is constantly changing
It seems strange to think that a website with over a billion users wants to frustrate them every now and then. Changes, even if most don’t like them are essential to a web page and certainly help a lot. But why, in particular, is Facebook changing? [Read more…] about Why Facebook is constantly changing
Why is this planet called Uranus?
Amongst every teacher, every child and every grown up that still thinks some stuff is funny, the name Uranus doesn’t really look to good for a planet. Especially since the original pronunciation sounds like “Your Anus” and even the alternative one like “Urine Us”. So why was it stuck with a name that we should avoid using?
Although the planet was discovered by William Herschel, who named the planet “The Georgium Sidis”, translating to “The Georgian Star”. This was the case because the king of england was king George III. Since people living outside England didn’t quite like this annotation, and since it wasn’t a star or an asteroid there was no law saying that Herschel would get to name it, there was a debate for a name. George was also suggested but this would be disrespectful to the King. Johann Bode suggested the name Uranus after the Greek name for “god of the sky”.
Nobody really knows if Bode really knew how it would be pronounced in english, if he did, it is a very long lasting joke.
Can you cry in Space?
Commander Chris Hadfield of the International Space Station conducted an interesting experiment in outer space, providing the answer to a baffling question. Can you cry in space? [Read more…] about Can you cry in Space?
Stuff you didn’t know about Mount Everest
Most people know that Mt. Everest is the world’s tallest mountain, currently standing at 8.848 meters. You will be surprised to know, however that this is a threat to the mountain itself, and it is expected to lose significant height over the next 100 years due to inevitable corrosion at the top. There are some other interesting facts, about it as well [Read more…] about Stuff you didn’t know about Mount Everest
A Brief History of Heroin
Heroin comes from the seeds of the plant called opium poppy, combined with morphine. Although the opium poppy was cultivated since at least 5400 years ago, it was not until 1874 that swiss scientists decided to combine morphine with other substances in order to create more powerful drugs.
This list of lost films will surprise you
You would expect Hollywood to do a good job preserving films. After all, that’s how they make their money. But mistakes do happen, and more often than not they are so big that result in complete movie losses. [Read more…] about This list of lost films will surprise you