Through the study of three different skeletons from the late Miocene epoch, the largest flying bird to have ever existed was discovered. Argentavis magnificens (translated: magnificent Argentine bird) was so gargantuan, the standing height would be around 6 feet high!
The island of Hong Kong is filled with many large and steep hills. This causes a lot of issues with city planning, and the issues with city planning have led to traffic concerns. To alleviate traffic in the Mid-Level (a residential area in Hong Kong) the Central–Mid-levels escalators were built. It has become the longest covered escalator system in the entire world.
In 1956, at age 88, Frank Lloyd Wright was a guest on the show What’s My Line. The video of his appearance is available now on youtube for your viewing pleasure.
Every culture that celebrates the holiday of Christmas celebrates in a different way. Many are very similar to each other, but on occasion there is a tradition that seems to boggle the mind even more. In Catalan tradition, the “Christmas Log” defecates the children’s presents on Christmas.
In the year of 1853, William Henry Perkin, a 16-year-old student at the Royal College of Chemistry in London, began studying under August Wilhelm von Hofmann. Hofmann and Perkin were both attempting to find a way to synthesize quinine for treating malaria. But while Perkin was interested in the pursuit of quinine, he was more interested in photography and colors in the chemical world. It was this love that led him to discover the first aniline dye: mauveine.
During the early 16th century, the Spanish arrived in Mexico for the first time. One of the eventual goals of the Spanish was to enlighten the local populations with tales from the Catholic church. This goal, as it turns out, was not as cut-and-dry as they had hoped it would be. In fact, a strange miscommunication would occur between the two groups that would go almost unnoticed.
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