Did the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Actually Ever Exist?
The Pyramids of Giza. The Pharos of Alexandria. The Colossus of Rhodes. The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia. The Mausoleum at Halicanarnassus. These are the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, celebrated for millennia as the greatest architectural achievements of antiquity. Sadly, today only… Read More »
The Nazi Space Shuttle
On December 8, 1941, the day after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbour, the United States declared war on the Empire of Japan. Three days later on December 11, Japan’s ally Nazi Germany declared war on the United States. This was to prove a major strategic blunder for the Nazis, for not only was the… Read More »
unbfacts: Tom Cruise helped push Ray-Ban back into “cool” mode…
unbfacts: Tom Cruise helped push Ray-Ban back into “cool” mode in the 1980s. Ray-Ban’s Wayfarers were close to being discontinued after sales sank, then product placement and Cruise wearing them in Risky Business (1983) helped sales surge, and his Top Gun (1986) aviators got another big boost. Source
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Decision Making in High-Pressure Environments
Decision-making under pressure defines outcomes in leadership, emergency response, finance, healthcare, and competitive settings where hesitation carries real cost. When time compresses and consequences intensify,… The post Decision Making in High-Pressure Environments first appeared on KickassFacts. Source
Airplane cabins are pressurized like being on a high mountain, so the lower air pressure makes gas…
Christmas as we know it—with family get-togethers, yummy holiday food, games, kindness to others,…
On Kauaʻi in Hawaii, visitors can “borrow” a shelter dog for the day through a program called Field…
Banning Michael Jordan from Wearing Air Jordans
“On September 15th, Nike created a revolutionary new basketball shoe. On October 18th, the NBA threw them out of the game. Fortunately, the NBA can’t stop you from wearing them. Air Jordans from Nike.” This is a quote from arguably one of the single most successful ad campaigns of all time- the initial release of… Read More »
How Close Were the Soviets to Putting a Man on the Moon Before the U.S.?
In the first episode of the AppleTV series For All Mankind, the people of the world gather around their television sets in the summer of 1969 and watch in awe as the first human being sets foot on the moon. But in this reality, that human being is not NASA astronaut Neil Armstrong but Soviet… Read More »