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In July a 100 Mile Wide Comet's Coming To Visit Our Neighborhood
We’ve all heard of Haley’s Comet. If you don’t remember what a comet is, they’re essentially a galactic boulder made of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbit the Sun. Frozen, they’re the size of small cities. When the orbit of a comet gets closer to the Sun, the comet warms and spews dust and gases into a giant glowing head larger than most planets. We then get the experience of seeing them fly through our solar system, hopefully not getting too close to our world. If one did, it would be catastrophic.
By Jason Ray Morton 4 years ago in FYI
The source of the Black Death has been discovered.
Between the years 1346 and 1353, Europe saw the Black Death, the largest epidemic in recorded history, which was brought on by the bacterium Yersinia pestis. Despite the pandemic's profound effects on society and the population, its origins have long been a mystery. Researchers from the University of Stirling in the United Kingdom, the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, the University of Tübingen in Germany, and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig have now obtained and studied ancient Y. pestis genomes that pinpoint the pandemic's origins to Central Asia.A merchant ship carrying commodities from the Black Sea realms of the Golden Horde brought disease to the Mediterranean for the first time in 1347. After then, the illness spread over Europe, the Middle East, and northern Africa, killing up to 60% of people in what is now known as the Black Death. The so-called Second Plague Pandemic, which lasted until the early 19th century, sprang from this first wave and lasted for 500 years.Long-standing controversy surrounds the causes of the Second Plague Pandemic. One of the most well-liked ideas was that China, namely, in East Asia, was the source. Contrarily, the only archeological discoveries that have been made until date are from Central Asia, namely from a region called Kyrgyzstan that is adjacent to Lake Issyk Kul. These discoveries source in China, a country in East Asia. Directly in opposition, the only archaeological discoveries that have been made to date are from Central Asia, namely from the area around Lake Issyk Kul in what is now Kyrgyzstan. These findings demonstrate how a small commercial community was completely destroyed in 1338 and 1339 by an epidemic. In particular, tombstones found during excavations conducted over 140 years ago indicated that people perished during those years as a result of an unidentified pandemic or "pestilence." The significance of the Syriac-inscribed tombstones to Europe's Black Death has been a source of debate among academics ever since their initial discovery.
By Georgi ILY4 years ago in FYI
Today's Lesson is Life in the Tudor Era
Good morning, today we will be looking at life in the Tudor Era. The Tudor Dynasty was in power from 1485 Henry VII) to 1603 (Elizabeth I) and it followed the Wars of the Roses. The National Religion was ‘changed’ and some of the literature is still read today, hundreds of years later. The diaries of those who could read and write have been handed down to us in today’s Century, so that we can learn about the daily lives of the Tudors.
By Ruth Elizabeth Stiff4 years ago in FYI
International Olympic Day: All You Need To Know
International Olympic Day Highlights International Olympic Day is an international observance which aims at remembering the foundation of the International Olympic Committee. Motivating people to practice sports activities is yet another aim of this day. These kinds of international days are marked to encourage participation in sports activities at a global level. Every year this day is observed on a fixed date of June 23. Activities and Olympic runs are being organised to celebrate this day. Amidst these activities one should not forget the prime goal of this human life which is to attain salvation by worshipping Supreme God Kabir.
By SA News Channel4 years ago in FYI
Beware Remote Scam Ahead
Many would love the opportunity to ditch their 9 to 5 job and be able to work remotely. Many companies are researching if a return to the office is necessary and remote work may be the norm in the future. Sadly, just as rapidly as legitimate remote jobs appear, scams are taking advantage of the increasing appeal of remote work. These scams come in many different forms. They can come from an appealing email or even your best friend from high school.
By Mikayla Guerrero4 years ago in FYI
Mind Goblins
What is a mind goblin? It is some entity, idea or phenomenon which is greedy for your attention and drinks it in, and which consequently occupies as large a space in your mind as you will allow it - a resource hogging program but for your brain, except that the program in question has no practical implications for the workload of the machine - malware, or a virus, basically. The way this can work is through a self-feeding loop of attention-grabbing behaviour, or through a near-instantaneous trance effect where the entity in question consumes countless seconds, minutes or hours up until the point that you realize you got got, at which point it is too late. It is, in other words, the imp of the perverse.
By Insinq Datum4 years ago in FYI
Automobile History
The automobile was first invented and perfected in Germany and France in the late 1800s, though Americans quickly came to dominate the automotive industry in the first half of the twentieth century. Henry Ford innovated mass-production techniques that became standard, and Ford, General Motors and Chrysler emerged as the “Big Three” auto companies by the 1920s. Manufacturers funneled their resources to the military during World War II, and afterward automobile production in Europe and Japan soared to meet growing demand. Once vital to the expansion of American urban centers, the industry had become a shared global enterprise with the rise of Japan as the leading automaker by 1980.
By Alvaro Fraseniuc4 years ago in FYI
