Walter Elias Disney, born on December 5, 1901, made his name as a cartoonist, animator as well as a film producer. He started his career as a cartoonist at Kansas’ Pesmen-Rubin Commercial Art Studio in 1919. From there, he went to work for a...
In its most basic sense, victory implies success, whether it’s in personal combat or a large scale war. World War II ended with the Allied powers, including Britain, the United States, China, and the Soviet Union, calming victory over Nazi...
If you think cheetah is the fastest animal on earth, then you’re mistaken. Sure it is the fast land animal, but the crown of the fastest species in the entire animal kingdom goes to someone else. Below, we have compiled a list of 12 fastest...
School cafeterias in the US produce nearly 530,000 tons of food waste every year. This could be costing as much as $1.7 billion per school year. Milk waste was analyzed separately: it could be as much as 45 million gallons every year. Approximately...
A math professor discovered a new way to solve quadratic equations. It is computationally-efficient and easy-to-remember than the traditional quadratic formula. It’s quite surprising that such a simple method gas gone unnoticed for 4,000...
Before the arrival of powerful teleseismometers and seismometers, the intensity of earthquakes was measured by observing their visible effects on the Earth’s surface. It is only in the last century or so that the strength or magnitude of...
Fish are found in almost every marine environment, from the deepest ocean trenches to mountain streams high above the sea level. They have been used as a major source of food since the beginning of recorded history. Traditionally, extant fish...
No matter how sophisticated our technology gets or how well we know the laws of nature, we will always be at the mercy of our mother nature. On average, about 60,000 people die per year due to natural disasters. They are responsible for about 0.1%...
Researchers investigate the effects of light in a common species of fly, Drosophila melanogaster. Not only blue light damages retinas but also cells in the brain. Daily exposure could accelerate aging, even if blue light doesn’t reach eyes. ...
An unusual diamond has been discovered in Siberia. It’s a diamond inside another diamond: the internal diamond is completely loose and freely rattles around the cavity inside the other diamond. Such crystal has never been found in the...
Originated from the Roman Republic, the term dictatorship implies possession of unchecked/absolute powers by a single individual or a small group. Some ever-present components of a dictatorship regime are; rule by decree (unchecked proclamation of a...
Flightlessness is an evolutionary trait in which birds lose their ability to fly. The most well known flightless birds are penguins and ratites; a diverse group of birds with relatively large bodies and long-legs, including emu, rheas, and ostriches...