There is a 750-mile mountain range described as the “ghost Alps”. Why? They are invisible to the naked eye… Well, not really. They are just buried under miles and miles of snow in Antarctica. A seven-nation team of scientists successfully mapped the mountain range during the 2007-2009 Polar Year expedition. The team used two twin-engined [...]
Ever wonder why in spelling bees they allow you to ask for the origin of the word? It’s because a lot of English words have foreign language origins and retains its original spelling when it assimilates into the English language. That’s one of the reasons why English is so hard to spell. Schadenfreude means joy [...]
In Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, on December 1948 a dead man was found on Somerton Beach. How he died was never determined and it can’t even be determined if he died of murder or suicide. Who is this man? Still today, nobody knows. It gets even more mysterious when a scrap of paper [...]
Happy November 11, 2011 also known as 11/11/11 or 11-11-11. It won’t happen for another 100 years. 11:11:11 on 11/11/11 I live to remember that second at 11:11 AM on the 11th second on November 11, 2011. I was in Language Arts class. Everybody, including me, filmed it. It doesn’t happen again at 11PM at [...]
Mamihlapinatapai is a word you should know. It’s from the Yaghan Language of Tierra del Fuego. It means: “a look shared by two people, each wishing that the other will offer something that they both desire but are unwilling to do.” I must admit, it’s rather succinct. More info: Here And Here