The Doolittle Raid, story of the first US air raid on Tokyo after Pearl Harbor

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The Doolittle raidthe name with which the first one went down in history US air raid on Tokyo during the ...

Does the short 4-day working week work where it has been applied? It would seem so

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The experimentation of the short working week consists of reducing working days from 5 to 4 while maintaining productivity and ...

The Dark History of IQ Tests: Eugenic Applications

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Image generated with AI. The IQ test it is a tool that quantitatively evaluates an individual's general intelligence. The first ...

Is it true that Rome was born on April 21, 753 BC? The legend and history of the birth of Rome

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According to the Latin author Varrothe city of Rome was born on April 21 of the year 753 BC and ...

The 3D video reconstruction of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform accident

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The Deepwater Horizon disaster it is one of the largest environmental tragedies in recent history, so serious that the same ...

Why do they say “opening Pandora's box”? The meaning comes from a Greek myth

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Have you ever heard the expression “open Pandora's box” to describe an action what it seems like harmlessbut which actually ...

Are the Pompeii casts real? No, but they are plausible: here's how they were made

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THE casts of the victims of theeruption of 79 AD Of Pompeiiare one of the most testimonials dramatic of the ...

Why do we become so aggressive while driving? What is “road rage” and advice on how to avoid it behind the wheel

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We cannot deny it: when we are in the car we become more aggressive and when we are driving we ...

Deepwater Horizon, the largest oil environmental disaster in history

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Credits: NASA. The disaster of Deepwater Horizonwhich occurred on April 20, 2010 in the Gulf of Mexico, it is among ...

How could Escher create “mathematically impossible” works if he knew nothing about mathematics?

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The Dutch artist Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is one of graphic artists and most famous engravers in the world, also ...