Would the word literate carry the same meaning with public (common wealth) in 1900 vs today 2020?
Literate means the opposite of illiterate meaning they can read and possibly write. It’d mean the wh...
NY retail worker safety law takes effect this week. Here’s what it does. - Gothamist
Employers with 10 or more workers would be required to develop safety programs, among other steps.
Does the U.S military really prosecute military staff for cheating on their spouse, or do they close one eye if the cheating does not involve other military personnel since adultery is fairly common? Adultery is illegal in U.S military
1314-0519, Adultery, Twin Knights Executed, Video. Two, French, Norman knight, twin brothers, named...
Geopolitics Just Slapped the Oil Market Awake - Crude Oil Prices Today | OilPrice.com
Oil prices rose after OPEC announced a modest 411,000 bpd output increase, defying bearish expectati...
What did your sister do to you that you can never forget?
Long answer apology! Aside from telling me she hated me and wished I would die, as a child, fast for...
Bed Bugs May Be the First Human Pest, Evolving Alongside Us Since Neanderthal Times - Indian Defence Review
Bed bugs may be the first human pest, having co-evolved with us since Neanderthal times, new researc...
Scientists Say Humans Now Are "Pansies" Compared To Prehistoric Yellowstone People - Cowboy State Daily
If Yellowstone is dangerous now, it’s a cakewalk compared to the Pleistocene age where humans had to...
The nine-armed octopus and the oddities of the cephalopod nervous system - Ars Technica
A mix of autonomous and top-down control manage the octopus’s limbs.
Your ketchup will see you now: Solid-phase properties reveal when yield stress fluids start to flow - Phys.org
Pounding on the bottom of a glass bottle of ketchup is one of life's small annoyances. Getting that...
Nearly complete dinosaur skull reveals a new sauropod species from East Asia - Phys.org
A team led by China University of Geosciences has described a new species of sauropod, Jinchuanloong...
During the Atlmark incident in 1940, the Brit war criminals violated Norwegian neutrality. Hitler could then justify invading Norway. Have the Brits ever apologized for violating Norwegian neutrality?
Right! This was supposed to be a short 3 paragraph answer. But it’s 103 degrees outside again! And m...
Scientists are experimenting with a completely new approach to combat human aging - Earth.com
Researchers think stopping necrosis, a harmful form of cell death, could prevent inflammation, prote...