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In the small village of Much Marcle, an ancient tree stands beside St. Bartholomew’s Church. Though the church dates back to the 13th century, the tree is even older—it has a few centuries on the building. The yew’s hollow trunk is vast enough to accommodate several people standing inside it. The yew’s longevity and grandeur […]
Banknotes awaiting distribution during the 1923 German hyperinflation. Source: Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-R1215-506 / CC-BY-SA 3.0, available here. Early life of Adolf Hitler A complex history creates the foundation of a man who was able to order the deaths, either directly or indirectly, of over 60 million people. Hitler was a frustrated painter and a vegetarian. […]
A sleepy port town on the shores of the Seto Inland Sea, Tomonoura boasts attractive coastal views, historic buildings and plenty of local color – making for a relaxing full or half day excursion from Hiroshima City. To experience it for myself, I recently spent a varied and hugely enjoyable day exploring the town and […]
OpenAI announced a new feature for its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT on Tuesday. The new capability will allow users to search through their chat history to quickly find relevant information from past conversations. This is a significant improvement from the current workaround which requires users to scroll through the entire history to find the […]
A far cry from the grinning pumpkins of Halloween today, the original folklore version of Jack-o-Lanterns, named for Jack O’Lantern of the Irish myth, were actually quite terrifying. They were carved from turnips or beets rather than festive orange pumpkins and were intended to ward off unwanted visitors. Gourds were one of the earliest plant […]
The ship the SS Great Eastern in 1858. Early Life and Education Brunel was born on the 9th of April, 1806, in Portsmouth, England, to a French father, Marc Isambard Brunel, and an English mother, Sophia Kingdom. Marc Brunel was an accomplished engineer in his own right, working on various mechanical and civil engineering projects […]
The tragic Munich Air Disaster of 1958 devastated that great team, but United’s development of young players continued. By the 1960s, George Best, Nobby Stiles, David Sadler and more emerged, and when United became the first English team to lift the European Cup in 1968, all four goals against Benfica were netted by homegrown players. […]
Age of History 3 is a challenging strategy game that puts players in the role of a leader of a country, with the goal of conquering the world. Not only focusing on building a strong empire, the game also requires players to be skillful in diplomacy and military strategy. Let’s learn more about this game. […]
Irving, Headless Horseman and tourists Published in 1820, “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” claims the title of the first American short story, along with Irving’s other tale “Rip Van Winkle.” It has since been adapted into a Disney Cartoon and live action Tim Burton movie starring actor Johnny Depp. The story observes the strange habits […]
(ANALYSIS) Some 79 countries around the world continue to enforce blasphemy laws. And in places such as Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia, violation of these measures can result in a death penalty. While the U.S. is not among those countries, it also has a long history of blasphemy laws. Many of the […]