Washington, D.C. is home to a lot of impressive architecture. Did you know that one of the gargoyles of the National Cathedral is Darth Vader?
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Women’s suffrage was one of the major feminist issues of the 20th century. In many countries, suffragettes campaigned for equal voting rights, often being attacked or even imprisoned. In 1909, Elspeth McClelland and Daisy Solomon came up with quite an original idea: to get an audience with the British Prime Minister HH Asquith, they had themselves mailed as human letters to 10 Downing Street. The mail was not accepted.
Who here loves German chocolate cake? Well, we have some news for you. The cake didn't originate in Germany. It's called that because of Sam German, a man who invented a kind of baking chocolate used in the cake! Nevertheless, the cake is still delicious!
The James Bond franchise is littered with characters that have telling names. “Auric Goldfinger” might be a bit on the nose, but did you know that “Raoul Silva”, the villain from “Skyfall”, is an anagram of “a rival soul”? Not to mention some of the Bond girls’ names which we couldn’t even list here without getting blocked for obscenity...
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Women’s suffrage was one of the major feminist issues of the 20th century. In many countries, suffragettes campaigned for equal voting rights, often being attacked or even imprisoned. In 1909, Elspeth McClelland and Daisy Solomon came up with quite an original idea: to get an audience with the British Prime Minister HH Asquith, they had themselves mailed as human letters to 10 Downing Street. The mail was not accepted.
Who here loves German chocolate cake? Well, we have some news for you. The cake didn't originate in Germany. It's called that because of Sam German, a man who invented a kind of baking chocolate used in the cake! Nevertheless, the cake is still delicious!
The James Bond franchise is littered with characters that have telling names. “Auric Goldfinger” might be a bit on the nose, but did you know that “Raoul Silva”, the villain from “Skyfall”, is an anagram of “a rival soul”? Not to mention some of the Bond girls’ names which we couldn’t even list here without getting blocked for obscenity...
Hyenas don’t just laugh for fun. Scientists say that the pitch and the note frequency (or tone) of a hyena’s laugh can give an indication of its age and social status.
Female spotted hyenas are more muscular and more aggressive than their male counterparts. This is because the females have three times as much testosterone in their bodies. As a result, spotted hyena societies are matriarchal. Even baby girl cubs rule over the boys.
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