Elisabeth Pepys (nee Marchant de Saint Michel; 23 October 1640 – 10 November 1669) was the wife of Samuel Pepys, whom she married in 1655, shortly before her fifteenth birthday. Her father, Alexandre Marchant de Saint Michel, was born a French Roman Catholic but later converted to the Church of…
Even in the old days, when the nunchaku was used as a weapon, it was never widely popular, because it was ineffective against more widely used weapons of the time, such as katana and naginata – and little information about techniques for its use as a weapon survive. In various…
In 1828 conspirators attacked Bolívar’s palace at San Carlos; he escaped through a window as the intruders entered. Santander was believed to be connected with the plot and was sentenced to death, though it is now thought that he tried to discourage the conspirators. Things got so bad that in…
Written By: Sappho, also spelled (in the Aeolic dialect spoken by the poet) Psappho, (born c. 610, Lesbos [Greece]—died c. 570 bce), Greek lyric poet greatly admired in all ages for the beauty of her writing style. Sappho ( /ˈsæfoʊ/; Aeolic Greek Ψάπφω Psáppho; c. 630 – c. 570 BC)…
But fresh foods ran out on the long voyage, and they suffered symptoms from this lack. After this finding, sailors often brought lime juice aboard ship because it could be stored longer. When the sailors began their voyage they had fresh fruits and vegetables on their ship. Fruits and vegetables…
Isaac brought her into the tent of his deceased mother Sarah, married her, and loved her. According to Rashi, the three miracles that characterized Sarah’s tent while she was alive, and that disappeared with her death, reappeared when Rebecca entered the tent. Isaac would have been 37 when Sarah died.…
Sakura then revealed that she’d taken an antidote after having run some simulations as well. After said revelation, Sakura then punched Fuen in the chest, the impact killing Fuen instantly. With her death, Fuen’s barrier around the village was also cancelled. Has Sakura ever killed anyone in Naruto or Naruto…
4 July – 2016 Attacks in Saudi Arabia Series of terror attacks happened in three cities of Saudi Arabia including Medina, outside Prophet Mosque – one of the largest and holiest sites after Mecca. Four people are killed in addition to four attackers. 12 July – A Saudi border guard…
Sal finally returns to let them know that she would never abandon her son and informs them that she went to see Sammy’s dad who is actually a hockey player and was unaware of Sammy’s existence. Essentially, Sal went through a gamut of emotions after her mother left: from numbness…
Polished pebbles occasionally found within skeletons of giant herbivorous sauropod dinosaurs are very likely to be gastroliths (stomach stones). I believe that gastroliths have only been found in sauropods. Due to the tons of vegetation they required. The gastroliths were necessary to aid in digestion. Carnivores did not have the…