Photo of Brazil judge Alexandre de Moraes has been edited to reference Hitler
Ranch dressing was invented by Steve Henson in the 1950s while working in Alaska. He and his wife…
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Are People Actually Right or Left-Brained?
Quick: are you right-brained or left-brained? Chances are, you answered this question immediately and definitively. If you are the creative, intuitive type, drawn to creating music, stories, images, and other forms of art, then you are right-brained. If, by contrast, you are more analytical and logical, drawn to mathematics and pattern recognition, then you are… Read More »
US presidential debate: what misinformation have we seen so far?
Is the Lion the King of the Jungle?
Blair Institute report did not recommend closing most GP surgeries
The Forgotten Harrowing, Near Disaster Japanese Surrender Flight That Ended WWII
On September 2, 1945, hundreds of servicemen and representatives from every Allied nation gathered on the deck of the battleship U.S.S. Missouri, anchored in Tokyo Bay. Under the watchful eye of General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific, representatives of the defeated Empire of Japan signed the formal instruments of surrender, officially bringing… Read More »
Did Anyone Actually Fly Into Space Before Yuri Gagarin?
On April 12, 1961 at 9:07 AM Moscow Time, a Soviet Vostok rocket blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, and soared into the sky. Minutes later, the rocket reached an altitude of 200 kilometres, placing its payload, 27-year-old Air Force Lieutenant Yuri Gagarin, into orbit. Gagarin circled the earth once before reentering the atmosphere, landing… Read More »