Tarahumara, the Native American people from northwestern Mexico can run 200 miles in one session, over a period of two days through their homeland of rough canyon country, for inter-village…
Television sometimes shortened to TV or telly the electronic delivery of moving images and sound from a source to a receiver. Over the years, television has become a world-changing media. Television has brought worldwide events to…
A clown is a person who wears a unique makeup-face and flamboyant costume, performing comedy in a state of open-mindedness (by reversing folkway-norms) all while using physical comedy. In anthropology, the term clown…
Some people say that everything is made in China. And while it’s not true, of course, you can see where this joke is coming from. China is one of the most industrially…
Although you may see twinkling stars in your corner of the world, chances are you cannot see the starry night sky to its full capacity. That’s because statistics show that almost…
When two weird people are madly in love, weddings can happen in a Taco Bell, a doughnut shop, and in other locations where you’d never picture yourself saying ‘I do’. Love…
A symbol of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, this monument has achieved iconic status. It is a towering and magnificent structure atop Rio de Janeiro’s Corcovado Mountain. This structure, one of the…
ADVERTISEMENT Canadian Tulip Festival The Canadian Tulip Festival, dubbed the world’s largest tulip festival, takes place in May in Ottawa, Canada’s capital. It began in 1953, with photographer Malak Karsh…
ADVERTISEMENT Marie Curie When it comes to notable female scientists, no one compares to Marie Curie, the Polish-French scientist who became the first and only woman to receive the Nobel…
ADVERTISEMENT Tadj ol-Molouk Iran’s Queen Tadj ol-Molouk played an important part in the abolition of the veil in Iran during the reign of her husband. She was the first Iranian Queen to show herself…