Although it is widely viewed as a vestigial organ with little known function, recent research suggests that the appendix may serve an important purpose. In particular, it may serve as a reservoir for beneficial gut bacteria. The lowly appendix, long-regarded as a useless evolutionary artifact, won newfound respect two years…
In short, not as much as suggested. It is true there were only 300 Spartan soldiers at the battle of Thermopylaebattle of ThermopylaeThe Battle of Thermopylae (/θərˈmɒpɪliː/ thər-MOP-i-lee; Greek: Μάχη τῶν Θερμοπυλῶν, Máchē tōn Thermopylōn) was fought in 480 BC between the Achaemenid Persian Empire under Xerxes I and an…
To amend the Articles, the legislatures of all thirteen states would have to agree. This provision, like many in the Articles, indicated that powerful provincial loyalties and suspicions of central authority persisted. Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation, formally the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, was an agreement…
Answer: Tchaikovsky himself—he hated it. For one, he was never big on huge displays of patriotism. He once even called it “very loud” and “noisy” and thought it lacked artistic merit. To be completely fair, HE was the one who chose to use cannons. What did Tchaikovsky say about 1812…
People of the Han dynasty used tea as medicine (though the first use of tea as a stimulant is unknown). China is considered to have the earliest records of tea consumption, with possible records dating back to the 10th century BC. Robert Kyd experimented with tea cultivation in India with…
T. rex had strong thighs and a powerful tail, which counterbalanced its large head (Sue’s skull is 5 feet, or 1.5 m, long) and allowed it to move quickly. The 2011 study, which also modeled T. How big was a T. rex head? The enormous skull was about 5 feet…
Cruz had a leading role in the 2013 United States federal government shutdown. Cruz gave a 21-hour Senate speech in an effort to hold up a federal budget bill and thereby defund the Affordable Care Act. How old is Ted Cruz? Subsequent to getting married in 2001, Cruz moved from…
T. rexes used their faces to ensure that fragile eggs were moved around gently. Meanwhile, the dinosaur’s keen sense of smell helped to sniff out the ideal place for a nest to lay those carefully transported eggs. It’s possible that T. rex parents were protective of their young as well.…
Roosevelt, T. (1913) Theodore Roosevelt; an autobiography . Theodore Roosevelt: A Strenuous Life. New York: Knopf. ISBN 978-0-67944-663-7. Di Silvestro, Roger L. (2011). Theodore Roosevelt in the Badlands. New York: Walker Books. ISBN 978-0-80271-721-4. e Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (/ ˈroʊzəvɛlt / ROH-zə-velt; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often…
There is no way to tell from a fossil whether the animal was sleeping when it died or not. But it seems likely that the four-legged dinosaurs probably mostly slept standing up to allow them to respond to predators more rapidly. Two-legged dinosaurs like T-Rex almost certainly lay down though.…