It states that pasta was brought to Italy by Marco Polo via China. Polo ventured to China in the time of the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) and the Chinese had been consuming noodles as early as 3000 B.C. in the Qinghai province. What culture is pasta from? While we do thinkRead More →
Killer whales have been around about 11 million years. Compared to them, we are a relatively new species on the planet. How old are orcas as a species? Orcas evolved from a small deer-like species that roamed the earth more than 50 million years ago. They are among the mostRead More →
Isaac Newton changed the way we understand the Universe. Revered in his own lifetime, he discovered the laws of gravity and motion and invented calculus. Who discovered gravity before Isaac Newton? JAIPUR: A Rajasthan minister known for his controversial remarks has now claimed that Indian mathematician and astronomer Brahmagupta-II (598-670)Read More →
This phobia has been described as a feeling of dread, anxiety or fear at the thought of death, or anything to do with dying (1). This anxiety related to fear of death was termed thanatophobia by Sigmund Freund in 1915 in his seminal essays titled: Thoughts for the Time onRead More →
Sourdough is the oldest and most original form of leavened bread, used by Ancient Egyptian civilizations as early as 4000 B.C. This fact has been proven by wall paintings and the analyses of desiccated bread loves. Who first made bread 10000 years ago? The established archaeological doctrine states that humansRead More →
OCPD was included in the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1952 by the American Psychiatric Association under the name “compulsive personality”. It was defined as a chronic and excessive preoccupation with adherence to rules and standards of conscience. How was OCD treated inRead More →
What is chiasmus? … Chiasmus is a figure of speech in which the grammar of one phrase is inverted in the following phrase, such that two key concepts from the original phrase reappear in the second phrase in inverted order. The sentence “She has all my love; my heart belongsRead More →
Kalibangan site was discovered by Luigi Pio Tessitori, an Italian Indologist in 1953. It is famous for pottery and black bangles. It was an industrial site the sign of ploughed field, fire altars and couple buried is founded. Which Indus Valley site the dockyard? The city where the dockyard wasRead More →
Discovery of a rectangular dockyard at Lothal in Gujarat indicates that the people had maritime trade relations with other civilisations. What is a dockyard Class 6? noun. a waterside area containing docks, workshops, warehouses, etc., for building, outfitting, and repairing ships, for storing naval supplies, etc. Where was the dockyardRead More →
Many people wonder who discovered alcohol, but the origins of alcohol are varied. The earliest evidence that humans were brewing alcohol comes from residues in pottery jars found in northern China that date from 7000 to 6600 B.C. What was the first alcohol? Chemical analyses recently confirmed that the earliestRead More →