Reading Time: 2 minutes Are babies born without kneecaps? Despite common beliefs that babies are not born with kneecaps, they actually are. A lot of people mistakenly believe that babies are not born with them, and they develop later in life as a developmental stage. I know that I’m going to have some parents saying the contrary, so it’s …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Were scissors invented by Leonardo Da Vinci? While he certainly had the intellect and ability to invent them, he did not. The world famous artist of the renaissance was definitely an accomplished artist, but he was much more than this. He was also quite an inventor. Many of his mrectumcripts are filled with amazing drawings of …
Reading Time: 2 minutes Here’s what seems like a silly question to ask. Was Confederate money real or fake? Surely a currency that can be traded among people for goods and services is real, but the unique circumstances of the era proved to suggest otherwise. When the confederate states of America seceded from the Union they required, among other things, …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Here’s a question for you? Humans with which color hair have the most hairs on their heads? As we are well aware, people come in a variety of different hair colors. Blondes, brunettes, red hair, and as many aging folk often lament, grey hair. You are probably also aware that different colors also have different …
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Reading Time: 2 minutes Imagine the surprise. In land, at the site former Twin Towers World Trade Center, workers find a ship. It would have been the very last thing that they would have expected to find at a place of such horror and sadness. But alas, that’s exactly what they found. A ship at the World Trade Center …
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Reading Time: < 1 minute Only 2 incumbent Australian Prime Ministers have lost their seats in an election. The first was Stanley Bruce in October 1929 and the second was the second longest serving Prime Minister John Howard (pictured) in December 2007. Both lost their seats on an industrial relations platform. To be able to be Prime Minister a person …
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Reading Time: < 1 minute The only Australian Prime Minister to leave office at a time of his or her own choosing was Robert (Bob) Gordon Menzies, who retired 26th January 1966 after serving a combined total of 18 years over 2 terms. All others were either removed by a general election, their party replaced them or they died in …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Australian Cricket player Donald Bradman is often regarded as the best batsman, and sometimes the best cricketer that has ever lived. He was so good that the rules of the game were altered following a cricket series in Australia in 1932-1933 between Australia and Great Britain that became known as “Bodyline.” Following his complete domination …
Reading Time: < 1 minute Talk about being in top form. In 1920 baseball player Babe Ruth broke the home run record of 29 in a single season. He went on to be the first to hit 30, 40 and 50 home runs in that very same season. <source>
Reading Time: 2 minutes Have you ever looked at a chef and asked this question? Why are chefs hats shaped the way they are? Is it for style, comfort or tradition? I mean, they really do look quite ridiculous, so why wear them? Well when digging into this question we discovered several possible answers. I’s really rather difficult to …
