Although the war ended where it began, the United States and its allies did succeed in preventing communism from overtaking South Korea. The US did not win the Korean War as it was an Armistice agreement that ended the war so it was technically a truce, however the US and…
At that time, the Japanese were meat eaters. Venison and wild boar (which was sometimes called yama kujira, or “mountain whale”) were particularly popular. Aristocrats enjoyed hunting and feasting on deer entrails and wild fowl. Eating game was often less problematic than eating domesticated animals. At issue was something the…
Of all the feathers, the Golden Eagle feather was the most coveted and the most significant. If someone had one of these in their headdress, they received a great deal of reverence and respect from other members of the tribe. The Native American headdress can be many colors at once,…
Only thirteen percent of colonial Americans owned a gun. Most Americans were farmers; they had no need for firearms as they did not hunt, but got their meat from domestic animals. Firearms did not prove a deterrant on frontier farms when attacked by Native Americans therefore only about ten percent…
Presidents that attended Yale University include William Howard Taft, George H.W Bush, and George W. Bush for his undergraduate studies, prior to attending Harvard University. Both Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton attended Yale Law School as well. These Are the Presidents Who Attended Harvard and Other Ivy League Schools (and…
Native Americans appear to have known about scalping hundreds of years ago. In ancient burials, archaeologists find skulls that show definite signs the scalp was removed. The practice was most common among eastern Woodland Indians and tribesmen of the Plains. As the Americans watched their men die, they struck back—and…
Some substances exist as gases at room temperature (oxygen and carbon dioxide), while others, like water and mercury metal, exist as liquids. Most metals exist as solids at room temperature. All substances can exist in any of these three states. At low temperature, water exists as a solid (ice). As…
Ammonites lived all around the world. Like their modern-day cephalopod relations, they were exclusively ocean-dwelling. The ammonite’s shell was divided into chambers separated by walls known as septa (singular: septum). These strengthened the shell and stopped it from being crushed by the external water pressure. Ammonites could probably not withstand…
The Once-ler’s factory was polluting the lake which was the home of the Humming-Fish. The Lorax had to make the fish leave, because they couldn’t survive in it anymore. In the background, you can see a rendering of the Truffula trees. “The Lorax,” an environmental fable about the titular creature…
González Iñárritu explains that no dogs were harmed during the making of Amores perros. In the scenes where dogs are apparently attacking each other, they were actually playing. Their muzzles were covered with fine fishing line, so that they were unable to bite another dog. Produced by Zeta Film and…