Historical

The Bomber Pilot
The Bomber Pilot The number 25,000 PS25,000 looks like a huge amount you can use to train a bomb driver. The bomber must be in the air for 400 hours. Pilots can work for a few hours, but it depends on our route, our fuel depots, our aircraft routes, and our weapons operations, "said Lieutenant Colonel Niki Rogue-Polidor, pilot B-2, and 509th Bomber Squadron and Security Officer.
By Aayush Alphonz5 years ago in FYI
Surdas and the sweeper
The Guru was well aware of Surdas' defect of anger. He knew that this would prevent Surdas from feeling closeness with God. So the Guru decided to first prepare Surdas before teaching him serious spiritual practice. So the Guru replied, "Dear Surdas, chant the God's Name during all your activities, for a month. Then take a bath and come back to me."
By abdesh5 years ago in FYI
Elective Torture: Why Do We Shave Our Body Hair?
Both sexes have a love-hate relationship with body hair removal. We’ve been pulling, plucking, burning, tweezing, and ripping out undesirable hair since the dawn of time. It’s believed that as far back as 4,000 B.C., women were using dangerous substances like arsenic and quicklime to get the job done.
By Kathy Copeland Padden5 years ago in FYI
cold war
From 1946 to 1991, the United States, the Soviet Union, and its allies were imprisoned in a long, turbulent war known as the Cold War. The Cold War was based on a struggle based on a global outlook between the Soviet Union and the United States after their temporary solidarity following the 1945 German occupation. Historians disagree on the date, but it is widely believed that a war broke out in 1947, with Truman Doctrine, to 1991, with the dissolution of the USSR.
By Radha Karki5 years ago in FYI
The Indus Valley civilization (IVC)
John Marshall (1876-1958 AD) visited Harappa and concluded that the site was an ancient civilization of unknown order and that it was excavated simultaneously after hearing from afar that the locals called Mohenjo Daro a "mountain of the bones of the dead" various. Excavation began during the period 1924-1925, the similarities between the two sites were discovered, and the Indus Valley civilization was discovered.
By Radha Karki5 years ago in FYI
Akhenaten: We can all learn.
Who was this Visionary? In the 18th dynasty of the Egyptian civilization a boy was born to the Pharaoh Amenhotep III. His name was given for his father's namesake and in honor of his most beloved god, Amenhotep IV. He was not the first in line to succeed his father; however, when his older brother died suddenly he was appointed the heir.
By Emily Marie Concannon5 years ago in FYI
Father of Scientist Sir Thomas Alva Edison
Edison's first invention was patented by an electronic voice recorder in June 1869. Frightened by politicians "not wanting to use the device, Edison decided he would not waste time in the future inventing things that no one else wanted.
By Radha Karki5 years ago in FYI
Importance of Herbal Medicine
Since the development of human culture, the use of medicinal plants has had a profound effect on magic and religion, and in each practice, there have been differing views on the concept of health and disease. While synthetic drugs act as if they have no long-term effects on the human body, medicinal plants act as a combined probiotic with few side effects in the body.
By Radha Karki5 years ago in FYI
1536: Henry VIII’s Cheese Slides Off His Cracker
1536 was a year chock-full of pivotal events that irrevocably altered Henry VIII’s life and England’s history. Posterity remembers Henry as a deranged tyrant, but that’s only part of the story. It was during that fateful year of injuries, loss, betrayals, and threats to his authority that the Henry remembered by history came to be.
By Kathy Copeland Padden5 years ago in FYI
How did Portugal and Spain plan to "conquer" the World
Start of Iberian land disputes can be traced back to Christopher Columbus’s expedition to the New World. Before he had left, Columbus had failed to receive sponsorship for the trip from the Portuguese king, John II. But, upon his return to Europe, having already sailed to the West Indies under the Spanish flag, Columbus decided to stop at the port in Lisbon. When King John met with the explorer and heard of his successful adventure and new discoveries, the monarch insisted that these newly found lands should belong to Portugal, and not Spain. Unexpectedly, King John actually had somewhat of a valid argument, despite having refused to sponsor the trip that brought about thediscovery of this new land. Back in 1479, the Treaty of Alcáçovas was signed between Portugal and the Monarchs of Castile and Aragon to wrap up the War of Castilian Succession. One part of this agreement had been focused on who could lay claim to which areas throughout the Atlantic Ocean. Firstly, aside from the Canary Islands, every territory that had been fought over by the Iberian powers would be incorporated under the Portuguese crown.This included Madeira, the Azores, Guinea, Cape Verde, and the right of conquering the Kingdom of Fez.Going even further in favor of Portugal, hegemony over the entire Atlantic Ocean south of the Canary Islands was granted to the Portuguese. Exploring, trading, conquering - all of this was allowed only for Portugal within the south of the Atlantic. Due to this specific portion of the prior treaty, it was actually a fair claim for King John to declare that all of the territories discovered by Christopher Columbus should belong to his own crown. Since the West Indies were, in fact, south of the Canary Islands, it would appear that there was no alternative… Nonetheless, the Spaniards were far from keen on giving up all of the opportunities the North and South American territories had to offer. The current monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, protested this request and argued that it was Spain who should possess authority over the lands found by Columbus. Neither side wanted to go to war over this matter, despite both passionately insisting upon their own claims, so all three leaders decided to come to an agreement. It would be Pope Alexander VI who would bring about a resolution. With the pope having been Spanish-born, Ferdinand and Isabella likely believed that he would support their argument and favor them in whatever agreement he settled on. For King John, he may have ended up feeling this way as well. When the Papal Bull was declared, it could surely be argued that Pope Alexander had given some preferential treatment to Spain. The solution that he had come up with was to draw a line across the map from north to south, 100 leagues off the Cape Verde Islands to the west. The Portuguese were meant to remain to the east of this line, and the Spanish could stay westward. The problem with this Papal Bull though was that it truly did show preference to Spain. It stripped the Portuguese of their hopes to seize the fresh land in the New World, and it extended so far to Portugal’s side that it would likely interfere with their other expeditions as well. Furthermore, it didn’t even mention Portugal in particular, so there was no actual agreement concerning what the Portuguese were allowed to do. Seeing this clear favor to Spain, King John requested to meet with the Spanish monarchs as opposed to accepting the Pope’s decision. Given the fact that, at this point in time, Portugal was the more powerful militarily of the two - and especially at sea - Spain agreed to discuss a new solution to avoid any potential conflict. King John made his wants immediately clear - Portugal was to be given explicit rights to more land and sea. The line, he suggested, should be moved 270 leagues toward the west, and the Portuguese should have the right to whatever activity they please in any area to the east of this new divider. This would allow Portugal to enter Brazil, as well as giving them more room to adventure wherever they wished around Africa.The Spanish, who possibly felt as though they were still being given the upper hand due to the difficulty in enforcing such a line, agreed to these changes. Additionally, even if the divider would be strictly enforced, the new treaty still gave the vast majority of the New World Spain, so there was not much to be given up on their end.Portugal’s monarch, on the other hand, was more concerned with the African continent, and therefore had no problems in settling only for Brazil - which was supposedly yet to be discovered - and part of Greenland…
By Sau Sal5 years ago in FYI
1896–1926: Claude Monet and the Water Lilies
There is perhaps no image more associated with the Impressionism Art Movement than that of Claude Monet’s water lilies. Comprising a series of roughly 250 oil paintings created between 1896 and his death in 1926, these beautiful, bright works were a triumph amidst personal lose and health issues. Monet’s second wife, Alice Hoschedé, died in 1911. His oldest son died in 1914 from tuberculosis. His younger son Michel was deployed to the front to serve in the French Army during World War I. Monet even developed cataracts which would eventually require two surgeries to remove them so that he might continue his painting.
By Charles Beuck5 years ago in FYI
Flour Sacks: a Message for Today
Ninety-year-old George Reier is ready. Always. His car is gassed up, his frig full, and his garden weeds pulled. As a farm boy in Cranberry Prairie, Ohio, he learned to take care of things. Later, in the Marines, George was in charge of supplies. I was not surprised this week that when I mentioned flour sacks to George, he ferreted out one from the bottom of his cedar chest in five minutes flat. Pristine and clean as the day it was made, the red, white, and blue ribbon pattern reflect Depression aesthetics. The bright cotton bag also reflects Depression ingenuity and a partnership between industry and a suffering people.
By Diane Helentjaris5 years ago in FYI