Prolific in sketches and notes-taking, Leonardo da Vinci was ambidextrous. He was able to draw and write (in his infamous backwards script) with both his left and right hands.
I don’t know about you, Pandas, but cool facts are like Pringles to me: once you have one, then you want another, and soon enough you just can’t stop yourself from having more and more. And I’m not the only one with an appetite for learning new things!
Mesopotamia fueled some of the crucial inventions in history, ranging from the cursive script, advanced astronomy to complex mathematics.
Functionalists focus on the positive functions of the nuclear family, such as secondary socialisation and the stabilisation of adult personalities.
This is the geography lesson you didn't learn in school.
Admit it: Most of your perception of history comes mostly from Hollywood blockbusters and skewed textbooks.
Sad photos of Aleppo before and after the war - WTF fun fact
Studying history helps us understand how past events have shaped the present. We not only learn about ourselves and how we came to be but also develop the ability to avoid mistakes and create better paths for our societies.
Sometimes we try to see things as per the historical perspective. Therefore, most of the time we tend to categorize things into 'old days' and 'modern
Researchers found that the most common emotions trigger strong bodily sensations, and the bodily maps of these sensations were topographically different for different emotions. The sensation patterns were, however, consistent across different West European and East Asian cultures, highlighting that emotions and their corresponding bodily sensation patterns have a biological basis.
What year is it in North Korea? - WTF fun facts
We think we might know everything there is to know about the world, but nothing could be further from the truth. All it takes is a casual stroll on the internet to remind us of this. There you are, looking at cat pics on your feed when you stumble upon a random fact or a cool photo that makes you do a double-take. You do a bit of background research and realize, heck, it’s actually all true!
Sometimes we try to see things as per the historical perspective. Therefore, most of the time we tend to categorize things into 'old days' and 'modern
History is many things, but boring is not one of them.
Sometimes the most obvious bits of knowledge need a fresh perspective to reveal themselves.
For many of us, cartography day in geography or history class meant a quick nap. With our eyes open, we’d dream of all the delicious stuff we were gonna eat after school, of music we’d play on the Walkman, of a message we received the other day from that cutie…
1. In 1187, King Philip II of France and King Richard I of England (whilst a prince), shared a bed overnight in a symbol of unity between the two countries.
Studying history helps us understand how past events have shaped the present. We not only learn about ourselves and how we came to be but also develop the ability to avoid mistakes and create better paths for our societies.
History is many things, but boring is not one of them.
Anthropologists in Art, in samenwerking met Buku – Bibliotheca Surinamica, presenteren: Wij en de Wereld Meerdere perspectieven in de afbeelding van Surinamers: 1873-2013 (WM Gallery Amsterda…
"Perspective is worth 80 IQ points."
How many of these did you have wrong?
