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4 Cognitive Benefits That Distinguish Bilinguals from Monolinguals
Bonjour, Hello, Ola, Szia, Gamarjoba! In how many languages can you greet people? If you speak at least one more language besides your mother tongue, you are bilingual!
By Victoria Kurichenko5 years ago in FYI
The story of the water appearance for the first time on the earth
It is quite understandable to query about how the earth gets water. But if you like to delve deep into it, then you will see that my natural blasting theory is the prime reason for it. The reason is that when the earth was born 4.5 billion years ago, then the atmosphere of the earth was so hot and not conducive for creating any kind of life-producing process. Therefore, the earth was forming from a highly gaseous material to a substantial one. But in the initial stage of earth birth, the earth couldn't make any kind of chemical process for life development as well.
By Manik Roy5 years ago in FYI
Homosexual Necrophilia in the Mallard Duck and Other Unsolicited Dinner Party Anecdotes
THE FIRST CASE OF HOMOSEXUAL NECROPHILIA IN THE MALLARD ANAS PLATYRHYNCHOS (AVES: ANATIDAE) Once upon a time, on 5 June 1995 at 5.55 pm, a duck flew into the glass facade of the Natuurmuseum Rotterdam in the Netherlands and died. The rest - as they say - is history, but what follows is the story behind this article's title.
By Clever Helpful Bitter5 years ago in FYI
A World Without Electronics
All electronics on planet Earth will stop working. This isn't a joke, nor is it science fiction. In the near future, there is a high probability that all electronics on Earth will stop functioning. I'm not trying to scare you but simply warning you about what the next global event will look like. No, I'm not talking about a giant meteor hitting Earth, nor am I discussing global nuclear warfare. The thing that will stop all electronics on Earth from working is a Coronal Mass Ejection hitting Earth directly.
By J.J.K. Siu5 years ago in FYI
The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon
Has this ever happened to you? You see something 1 time then all of a sudden you see it again somewhere you wouldn't expect. Then again and again until you start to question yourself asking "Is this divine intervention?" or saying something like "huh, what a coincidence I just saw this not too long ago." If yes, then you have experienced The Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon.
By Mahonry Franco5 years ago in FYI
An Observation of Human-Like Intellect in Insect Life
An Observation of Human-Like Intellect in Insect Life: The Psychology of Insect Brains The fascination with alien-like appearances of insects has led to my observing various insects in their natural environments since 1960. While entomological-based aspects of insects predominantly focus on insectile physiologies and their biochemical typologies, one area related to insect life that is deficient in the research of insect life is an inquiry into possible common attributes it has with the human life forms occupying the planet.
By Jeyn Johnston5 years ago in FYI
A Beautiful and Deadly Place
Ever since I can remember, I have been an avid movie buff. However, some movies make a person think, whether they want to or not. Some of my favorite movies are, like a lot of guys, from the action genre. Of those, over the past twenty-five years, there's been a string of apocalyptic movies that were, we hope, only loosely based on the real-life possibilities about our extinction. From the movie Armageddon, all the way to 2012, movie fans have gone to pay money for the privilege of enjoying cautionary tales of things to come. Perhaps none of those movies were so startling to watch as the aforementioned 2012.
By Jason Ray Morton 5 years ago in FYI
Don't Look Up
When people think of bats and Texas they typically think of the bats under the Congress Avenue bridge in Austin, but it is a little known fact that Houston has its own bats too. Located under the Waugh Bridge where it passes over Buffalo Bayou Park, the Waugh Bridge Bat Colony consists of an estimated 250,000 Mexican free-tailed bats, so named because of the lack of webbing or membrane between their tail and their hind legs.
By Zane Larkin5 years ago in FYI
Where did the Phrase “Bye Felicia!” Originate from?
In today’s society we often hear people using the saying “bye Felicia!” as they storm out the door signifying “get out of my face.” It’s used all the time in the everyday modern world. There are some interesting facts on where the saying originated from as well as its actual meaning.
By Sadie Colucci5 years ago in FYI
Do you have Ophidiophobia???
I visited Hawaii back in the 1980's and I was told there were no snakes living there. This is something that I always kept in the back of my mind...because I am very much afraid of snakes. This is known as ophidiophobia. Actually, the human brain is programmed not to like snakes and I don’t find this surprising at all. But I really don’t like snakes at all and for some strange reason they always seem to end up on my porch. I live in Pennsylvania and there are different kinds of snakes, some even poisonous. Now I can't say I have done much research on the snakes in Pennsylvania other than how to keep them away from my porch. But where I live they are mainly Garter snakes although you can’t rule out other types being in the area. Can you believe there was actually a Copperhead snake at the entrance of a Dollar General store in a small neighboring town? Believe me that was the talk of the county! At least, Garter snakes are pretty much harmless. They do not really bother me, they slither away when they see me but I usually call for help to kill them so they don't return. My grandmother was not afraid of them at all and I will never forget her calmly chopping their heads off. Unfortunately, I did not inherit this talent from her!
By Margie Anderson 5 years ago in FYI
The reasons for the extinction of the dinosaurs from the earth
It is rare to think that someone who doesn’t know about the dinosaurs in his or her lifetime. But overall, you can find someone who already knows about the existence of dinosaurs. From our non-sanguine conviction, we can expect that the dinosaurs have extinct because of the outer space intervention. But in the reality, we not still know what is the genuine cause for the massive extinction from our planet. You never conclude that this enormous giant could not vanish immediately with an outer space influence.
By Manik Roy5 years ago in FYI
Engineers of the forest
I was born in a country where beavers are not a native animal and aren’t given a lot of airtime at school, at home, or in the media. If I remember correctly, my first introduction to anything remotely similar to beavers was through watching The Princess Bride as a child. While making their way through the Fire Swamp, Westley and Princess Buttercup encounter a terrifying R.O.U.S (Rodent of Unusual Size), engage in combat with said R.O.U.S, and eventually defeat him by rolling him onto nearby flames. At the time, this sinister looking creature was described to me as a fictitious mix of a large rat and a beaver, and thus, my (erroneous) perception of the beaver was formed.
By Sa5 years ago in FYI