Why is it illegal to climb pyramids?
It’s because climbing them can kill you. Actually, climbing UP isn’t the problem, climbing DOWN is. A sweet friend of mine died falling down The Great Pyramid of Giza (also Khufu or Cheops)…
Does the US President’s car have gadgets worthy of a James Bond movie?
Nicknamed “The Beast,” the American president’s limousine is full of surprises. Besides its power and the fact that it is fully armored, it has the following options: -The…
What’s the smartest thing ants have been observed doing?
When I was still at university I set up an anthill between two sheets of glass, so that I could observe the behavior of ants in their daily…
Were the Japanese soldiers as cruel in World War II as depicted in American movies?
The Japanese soldiers were so cruel during WWII that it beggers belief. There is a tendency in fiction of authors trying to be impartial when depicting historic conflicts….
Do cats really think we are cats too?
Paul Leyhausen, a scientist who studied the behavior of cats (wild, domestic, big and small) concluded that they have three ways of classifying other animals: as prey, as…
If Jupiter were the same distance away as the Moon, what would we see from Earth?
The moon is 384,400 km or 238,900 miles from Earth and has a diameter of 3,474 km or 2159 miles. We observe the moon as just over 1/2…
Why was Adolf Hitler’s artwork not considered acceptable?
I understand that Hitler lacked some academic prerequisites and I am no artist, but the work I’ve seen doesn’t look all that bad. Hitler’s work was perfectly acceptable for most…
What is the logic of Fahrenheit?
At Celsius, water turns into ice below 0°, logical, right? However, the logic of Fahrenheit escapes me and why people continue to use it in the USA while…