The Yankee Stadium Hex.
a construction worker and Boston Red Sox fan buried a Red Sox jersey underneath the stadium with the objective of placing a "hex" on the Yan
2020
Chimichanga means βthingamajigβ.
Culinary historians and Arizona restaurants argue about exactly where and who invented the Chimichanga. Two Tucson restaurants claim bragging rights to creating the first Chimichanga.
2018
Rubber ducks inspire play that develops muscle strength and coordination.
With their bright color, smooth texture, and (for some) squeaky or quacky sounds, rubber ducks sharpen toddlersβ senses
2020
When it's too hot in Australia, the nectar in certain flowers will ferment and turn into alcohol.
When bees get "drunk" and are not allowed back into the hive before they sober up
2019
There are 88 recognized star constellations in our night sky.
These 88 constellations cover the Earthβs night sky and can be observed from the southern and northern hemispheres.
2012
Portuguese Man oβ War is actually Not a Jellyfish..
Itβs actually smaller organisms that canβt survive on their own and work together to function as one animal.
the United States Army had a tactical deception unit called "Ghost Army".
during the WW2, soldiers, their job was to deceive the enemy by inflatable tanks, sound trucks, and fake radio transmissions
2020
The accidental death of Yogi Bear.
when baseball player Yogi Berra died, the Associated Press obituary accidentally announced the death of Yogi Bear.
2015
We have developed a mist system that resulted in abundant production of root hairs exuding sorgoleone and a mat system that significantly inhibited root hair development and consequently sorgoleone production.
In a 2002 poll, 61 mathematicians and computer scientists said that they thought P probably didnβt equal NP, to only nine who thought it did β and of those nine, several told the pollster that they took the position just to be contrary. But so far, no oneβs been able to decisively answer the question one way or the other.
Even though the vast majority of CS researchers believe that P does not equal NP, no one has been able to prove otherwise and the problem remains the biggest unsolved question in Computer Science to date.
2009
The Potato and Tomato are both Native to Peru. Though commonly associated with Eurasian culinary traditions.
Both plants were unknown to the eastern hemisphere until 500 years ago.
2019
The Sun makes a full rotation once every 25 β 35 days.
one full rotation equals one full day. However, our gargantuan sun takes 25 β 35 Earth days to make one full rotation!
2020
Philosopher Gabriella Blum believes that international law should differentiate combatants based on function and not status.
This means that combatatnts will be defined by the role they play in the war, and not by them belonging to army or being civilians.
2010
John James Audubon.
his seminal work, Birds of America, a collection of 435 life-sized prints, is still a standard by which modern day bird artists are measured
2020
Kangchenjunga, the tallest mountain until a survey of Everest, has never been fully climbed.
The first people to reach the top stopped short of the summit because they promised the ruler of Sikkim to keep the sacred mountain intact
2020
in 1918, Alice Catherine Evan warned that raw milk should be pasteurized.
met with skepticism because she was a woman. During the 1920s, scientists around the world made the same findings
2020
The Need For Better Desalination.
According to the United Nations, water supply shortages will affect billions of people by the middle of this century
2019
According to mathematics, white holes are possible, although we have found none.
A white hole is a hypothetical region of space-time which canβt be entered from the outside, although matter and light can escape from withi
2020
The statue of Nemesis (goddess who punishes the arrogant) in Marathon, Greece.
Was carved from marble the Persians had brought to the battle with the intention of carving a monument to their victory
2020
