Mariya tattoo

01/06/2023

01/06/2023

Human botfly is the only species of botfly known to parasitize humans routinely by capturing mosquitoes and attaching their eggs to their body. The larvae develop inside the skin after falling off the mosquito through the mosquito bite area. They hatch and then the larvae burrow in the skin and eat your tissues until they emerge as a fly that resembles a bumblebee.

01/06/2023

In the 10th century there lived a Syrian poet named Al-Maʿarri who was attacking and rejecting Islamic (or any other religion) claims. He could freely express his opinions in Arabic lands without fear of his life. In 2013, almost a thousand years after his death, a Jihadist group beheaded his statue.

30/05/2023

On the Thai version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", a contestant's screen (Lertlak Panchanawaporn) was fed the presenter's information, with every correct answer. The contestant won the million, however it was later revoked and she was able to play again, winning only 25,000 baht. (approx. US$800)

30/05/2023

Mount Athos is an autonomous region in Greece that has to forbid the entry of women for 1,000 years. In the 14th Century, a Greek king's wife was brought to the area to avoid the plague, but she was carried by hand-carriage the entire time to avoid touching the ground.

25/05/2023

Helmuth Hübener was the youngest opponent of the N***s to be sentenced to death by the N***s. Upon receiving his sentence, he told the judges "Now I must die, even though I have committed no crime. So now it's my turn, but your turn will come."

22/05/2023

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22/05/2023

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22/05/2023

Mary the Jewess was one of the first alchemical writers, living between the 1st and 3rd centuries A.D. She is credited with the invention of several kinds of chemical apparatus and is considered to be the first true alchemist of the Western world.

22/05/2023

In medieval games of chess, pawns that had been promoted to queen would be given the title of an "advisor," so as to not imply that the king had more than one queen or was unfaithful.

16/05/2023

Across all the European countries fighting in World War 2, only three national capitals were never occupied: Moscow, London, and Helsinki.