Month: March 2018

Everyone knows about the famous pyramids of Egypt. Their vast bulk and precise engineering make them seem like otherworldly artifacts simply dropped onto the desert. But the pyramid is a common form that ancient—and modern—builders have turned to when creating impressive structures. Here are 10 lesser-known pyramids that deserve just as much attention as the
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Despite being murdered at age 25, Tupac Shakur lived an extraordinary life which was full of criminal activity—from his affiliation with local gangs and the New African Panthers to a short stint in prison for sexual abuse in 1995. However, Tupac is far from your average criminal. Many of these affiliations might be explained away
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The second-smallest and innermost of the four Jovian moons, Io, was first documented by Galileo Galilei in January 1610. Io, along with moons Ganymede, Europa, and Callisto, proved to Earthlings that our pale blue dot was not the center of the universe, galaxy, or even the solar system, since these four satellites seemingly orbited Jupiter
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Arachnophobia, or the fear of spiders, is incredibly common. Usually, people have no idea which spiders are venomous and which ones are not, but they won’t take any chances. They promptly kill the frightening creatures or run in the opposite direction. Although the number of spider-related fatalities is very low compared to many other causes
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It is rare to find an everyday person, even a university-educated one, who has heard of the Mamluks. Sometimes spelled as “Mameluke,” the Mamluks were slave soldiers who rebelled against their rulers to establish their own state in Egypt. Despite many Mamluks being the captured sons of Christians, Jews, pagans, and other non-Muslim religions, the
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