Soaps are not a modern invention but rather one that predates back to Ancient Egypt and Babylon; various extant records indicate that people often combined animal fat, vegetable oils with various alkaline to create soaps. In fact, ancient Egyptians bathed regularly using these soaps; bathing was a popular pastime and still continues to be except …
A recent archaeological dig in Mesopotamia made it apparent that pesticide use started as early as 4500 BD. Farmers in Sumer were dusting their crops with Sulfur to protect them from various pests. And since then, we have been using various forms of pesticides to better protect our crops and to prevent our homes from …
Andrew Jackson, the 7th president of the United States was also the first self-made man to become the president of the United States of America. He was only nine years old when the Declaration of Independence was signed by the founding fathers, but he did take active participation in the battle of New Orleans and …
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Today, most of the world’s economies are inextricably interlinked with each other, what affects one soon starts a cascading effect on all the world’s economies. In a sense, that’s good as interlinked economies can help promote trade and even result in free trade agreements without the requisite trade tariffs being levied on select products and …
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Most medical professionals swear by physical activity as being the panacea for most health issues and if that was not enough, we often have to face a barrage of print ads in the media coupled with television ads, promoting the same. But perhaps it is time that we took a closer look at physical activity …
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As hard as it may be to believe, one of the earliest precursors to modern computers happened to be the antikythera artefact (100 BC), which was recently discovered on the sea floor, off an ancient shipwreck. But mankind has evolved since then and over the course of last few centuries, we have managed to create …
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The earth, truth be told is more fragile today than it had ever been during the course of its long history, spanning 4.5 Billion years. It is the largest biosphere and is currently home to various flora and fauna; the sheer diversity of life on earth is just staggering and made more unique by the …
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It is a fact that our earth is quickly losing its green cover; forests provide us with valuable resources, help to recycle carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, provide natural habitat, and form the backbone of most significant ecosystems. Given the fact that the world is currently facing global warming, it seems evident that governments …
Several countries have tried to grapple with the problem of alcoholism by prohibition over several times in the past; the most iconic one would have to be the prohibition era in Chicago and the rise of Al Capone, as a result. Prohibition generally means a complete ban on all alcohol based drinks but it should …
Brain drain is a real concept and one that had been characterized in the last several decades by the immigration of talented people out of developing nations to that of the developed world and in most cases, the US. The concept seems to be a tad far-reaching in the sense it presupposes that the recipient …