Bethany Joy was genuinely pregnant (although with her first child, not her second) during the filming of Season 8. She became the mother of a baby girl, Maria Rose Galeotti, in late February 2011, with her then husband Michael Galeotti. But before the rumors begin, the actress made it clear…
The Cold War got its name because both sides were afraid of fighting each other directly. In a “hot war,” nuclear weapons might destroy everything. So, instead, both sides fought each other indirectly. They supported opposing sides in conflicts in different parts of the world. Cold war and Hot war…
In August of 1771, Father Serra moved the mission to nearby Carmel because it offered better agricultural land and a safer political environment for the growing mission. In this new location, the mission thrived. It was closer to fresh water and land more suitable for growing crops. The Carmel Mission,…
In the ’80s and ’90s, graffiti and street art go global and collaborate with many other forms of art. Movies and books on New York City subcultures spread graffiti all over the world. More high brow art shows help solidify the movements’ statuses. Modern graffiti seems to have appeared in…
W. K. C. Guthrie classified Socrates as a sophist in his History of Greek Philosophy. Before Plato, the word “sophist” could be used as either a respectful or contemptuous title. It was in Plato’s dialogue, Sophist, that the first record of an attempt to answer the question “what is a…
The most important of these cities was Mecca, which was an important center of trade in the area, as well as the location of the Kaaba (or Ka’ba), one of the most revered shrines in polytheistic Arabia. Content. Crone found no evidence of Mecca being an important trading center in…
The British, French, and Dutch Empires did not claim parts of the Americas until years after the Treaty of Tordesillas. More significantly, however, the Treaty of Tordesillas completely ignored the millions of people already living in established communities in the Americas. More significantly, however, the Treaty of Tordesillas completely ignored…
Neil Sedaka named this song for the songwriter Carole King. Sedaka had dated Carole King when he was still in high school. At that time, King was still called Carol Klein, so Sedaka used her real name. “Oh! Carol” was actually a serenade for Carole King, who was Neil’s girlfriend…
She was usually represented as a winged female creature having a head of hair consisting of snakes; unlike the Gorgons, she was sometimes represented as very beautiful. Medusa was the only Gorgon who was mortal; hence her slayer, Perseus, was able to kill her by cutting off her head. According…
The German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (DDR), commonly known in English as East Germany) was created as a socialist republic on 7 October 1949 and began to institute a government based on the government of the Soviet Union during the Stalin era. Commonly described as a communist…