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10 Unusual Sports Soccer, basketball, baseball, and the like are popular all around the world. Yawn. Looking for something a bit different? This list explains 10 unusual sports that you may or may not have heard of. These unusual sports are often violent, painful, or both. Some of them are takes on other sports,... -
10 Ways of Looking at Cells Since 1665, when English physicist Robert Hooke coined the term cell to describe the microscopic view of cork, scientists have been developing increasingly sophisticated microscopy tools, enabling them to view ever-smaller details of cellular structure. Far from the poor-quality microscopes that... -
10 Women Scientists Who Should Be More Famous Not counting well-known women science Nobelists like Marie Curie or individuals such as Jane Goodall, Rosalind Franklin, and Rachel Carson, whose names appear in textbooks and, from time to time, even in the popular media, how many prominent or pioneering women scientists can you name? If any of... -
10 Women Who Advanced Our Understanding of Life on Earth The study of life entails inquiry into many different facets of existence, from behavior and development to anatomy and physiology to taxonomy, ecology, and evolution. Hence, advances in the broad array of fields in the life sciences can be attributed to the work of countless researchers, a small... -
100 Years of General Relativity One hundred years ago this month, Albert Einstein published a series of four papers that introduced the theory of general relativity. After the publication of his theory of special relativity in 1905, Einstein realized that special relativity could not be applied to gravity or an object undergoing... -
100 Years of Orson Welles Film, theater, and radio director, actor, producer, and writer Orson Welles was born on May 6, 1915. Citizen Kane (1941), his first film, is considered by many to be the greatest movie ever made. spotlight, film, theater, radio, art, anniversary, orson welles,... -
100 Years Since the Death of Leo Frank August 17, 2015, marked the 100th anniversary of the lynching of Leo Frank, an event that shaped the development of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) and spurred the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK). Frank, a Jew living in Georgia, was a factory superintendent who was convicted―by almost all... -
100th Anniversary of Chicago’s Flag The Chicago City Council designated April 4, 2017, as “Chicago Flag Day” in honor of the 100th anniversary of the adoption of the city’s iconic flag. Its design—four six-pointed stars bracketed by two horizontal blue stripes on a field of white—is simple but distinctive. The North American... -
Our Lady of Fátima May 13 marks the anniversary of the first of six apparitions of the Virgin Mary to three shepherd children of Fátima, Portugal. Lucia dos Santos (aged 9) and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto (aged 8 and 6, respectively) were tending sheep in central Portugal in 1917 when they had a vision of... -
100th Anniversary of the Battle of Verdun February 21, 2016, marks the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Verdun. The 10-month engagement was the apotheosis of attrition warfare, with hundreds of thousands of lives being exchanged for insignificant territorial gains. This single battle was as long as the entire... -
100th Anniversary of the Eastland Disaster An annual picnic outing for the employees of the Western Electric Company turned tragic on July 24, 1915, when the boat that was to take them from Chicago to Michigan City, Indiana, capsized. At least 844 people died in what was one of the worst maritime disasters in American history. spotlight,... -
100th Anniversary of the Gallipoli Landings April 25 marks the 100th anniversary of the Allied/ANZAC landings on the Gallipoli Peninsula during World War I. spotlight, anniversary, gallipoli, anzac, world war i, wwi, australia, new... -
100th Anniversary of the PGA’s Founding The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA of America, or more commonly just PGA) was the brainchild of department store owner Rodman Wanamaker, who believed that the creation of a golf organization would increase sales of the sport’s equipment. On January 17, 1916, in New York City he... -
10th Anniversary of the London Bombings July 7, 2015, marks the 10th anniversary of a deadly terrorist attack on the London transit system. Suicide bombers targeted three subway trains and a double-decker bus during the morning rush hour. The bombings, which came to be known as the 7/7 attacks, killed 52 people and injured more than 700.... -
11 Amazing Paintings in the Netherlands “No other country in the world has such a high density of art institutions,” says DutchCulture.nl about the Netherlands. “Almost every town or city has a museum of contemporary art. And if there isn’t a museum, there is certain to be a centre for contemporary art, a festival or some other event.”... -
11 Architectural Wonders to Visit in Canada A church that looks like a grain silo. A spherical building that inspired the discovery of a molecule. Apartments arranged in a pyramid. These are some of the 11 architectural wonders you shouldn’t miss in Canada. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001... -
11 Buildings That Reveal Belgium’s History Belgium declared its independence in 1830, though its history stretches back much further. These 11 unique buildings provide snapshots of the country’s trajectory through time. Earlier versions of the descriptions of these buildings first appeared in 1001 Buildings You Must See Before You Die,... -
11 Caves That Made History Caves are simply openings in the earth. They can be natural or human-made. They may be of any size and shape. They often are part of larger systems of caves, and they can be found anywhere. But a select few have taken on greater meaning and significance in human history. Here are 11 of them.... -
11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses Egypt had one of the largest and most complex pantheons of gods of any civilization in the ancient world. Over the course of Egyptian history hundreds of gods and goddesses were worshipped. The characteristics of individual gods could be hard to pin down. Most had a principle association (for... -
11 Famous Movie Monsters Ghost, ghouls, and things that go bump in the night. People young and old love a good scare, and the horror genre has been a part of moviemaking since its earliest days. Explore this gallery of ghastly classic movie monsters. list, movies, movie monsters, famous movie monsters, famous movies, film,...