“Of course, fraud is bad. But sometimes the swindlers are so charming (remember at least Ostap Bender - he is still a character, albeit a fictional one) and they act so masterly that it is admirable. Sometimes their ideas are so simple that the question arises: “A ...
Do you know the nickname of your state? And where did it come from? Some of them are well known for their sports teams. Others have a more complex history and are descended from early settlers, according to USAToday. During their school years, many Americans learn basic facts about...
Lifehacker tells about the symbolism of New Year's decorations, the first garlands, the appearance of Santa Claus and the creation of the song “A Christmas tree was born in the forest”. 1. The custom of celebrating the New Year appeared in Mesopotamia around 2000 BC. On holidays, statues of gods swept across ...
Paleogenetics reveals the amazing secrets of DNA hidden in bones and dirt. Artificial intelligence deciphers ancient texts written in forgotten scripts. Chemical analysis of molecular residues left on teeth, kitchen pots, incense and building materials reveals details about diet, odors and construction techniques...
During her 23-year career with the Internal Revenue Service, Ann Scheiber never made more than $4 a year and never received a promotion, but by the time of her death at age 101, she had amassed a fortune of more than $20...
In the mid-1980s, there was an “Irish problem” in the United States. Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Ireland flocked to the United States to escape the economic crisis. Few of them had relatives or jobs in America that would give them the right to apply for a green card.…
Hurricane Dora made headlines this week for partly contributing to the winds that unleashed a ferocious firestorm in Hawaii. Now Dora, who has already set the Pacific endurance record, has made history more than three weeks after…
The name of George Remus has firmly entered the history of the United States - this man managed to independently put together his own bootlegging empire in the era of Prohibition and became the personification of hope for the people of the United States in the era of the loud twenties, and the desire to achieve success and take off made him a legend ...
Participants of the Anti-Propaganda project, which is coordinated by the organization Russian America for Democracy in Russia, interviewed a former Russian soldier who came to Ukraine at the beginning of the invasion. He told his misadventures to Important Stories. Further - from the first person. "We're just on...
When we think about the order of the letters, the alphabetical sequence most often comes to mind. But how did it happen that modern keyboards have a completely different layout? Why the letters are arranged in such a sequence and who came up with it, the publication IChip found out.