Author Archives: WeRaven
25 Uplifting Headlines of the Week – Part 297
Here are this week’s uplifting headlines. 1-5 Uplifting Headlines of the Week 1. Bear Grylls’ new challenge: Helping Zelenskyy rebuild Ukraine. – Source 2. Kentucky Legalizes Medical Marijuana in Bipartisan Vote after a decade of failed attempts. – Source 3. India celebrates 50 years of the project ‘bringing tigers back from the brink of extinction’.…… Read More »
WTF Fun Fact 13011 – Lungs As Big As Tennis Court
Magnetic antibiotic capsules don’t contain graphene oxide
Tetanus jabs are not being used to sterilise people
Email Overload: The 28% Impact on Office Workers
On average, office workers dedicate 28% of their professional careers to reading and responding to emails. This significant time commitment is attributed to the growing reliance on electronic communication in the modern workplace, which has led to an increase in email volume. In fact, studies show that employees receive around 121 emails per day, and… Read More »
How Did One Actually Become a Spartan Warrior?
When we think of Sparta, the first thing that comes to mind is the Spartan warrior. Unlike other historical warrior peoples like the Samurai, the Spartan warriors were pretty close to our imagined conception of them. They were manly warriors who were very muscular, fought wearing red capes, and holding big shields. They were the… Read More »
5,000 Ways to Freedom- Crossing the Berlin Wall
On the morning of August 13, 1961, the residents of the German capital of Berlin awoke to find their city divided. At midnight, thousands of East German troops had fanned out across the city tearing up roads, erecting guard posts, and stringing barbed-wire barriers. The 43-kilometre border dividing communist East Berlin from the capitalist West… Read More »
The Real Life Feud That Created One of James Bond’s Most Iconic Villains
On September 17, 1964, a cinematic juggernaut exploded onto film screens: Goldfinger, the third outing by Sean Connery as suave gentleman spy James Bond. While the two previous entries in the series, 1962’s Dr. No and 1963’s From Russia With Love had been successful, Goldfinger was an entirely different beast. The first true blockbuster of… Read More »