Willie O'Ree was the first black man to ever play for the NHL, but racism wasn't the only thing he had to overcome to make his hockey dreams come true. The hockey legend sat down with Anna Maria Tremonti to talk about re-learning how to play after losing…

1932-33 famine in Soviet Ukraine

"The Star Spangled Banner" is a charity single recorded by American singer Whitney Houston to raise funds for soldiers and families of those involved in the Persian Gulf War. Written by Francis Scott Key and John Stafford Smith, "The Star-Spangled Banner"…

battleship of the British Royal Navy which entered service in 1906

Is one of the movies related to Frozen?

"This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by American folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940 in critical response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", with melody based on a Carter Family tune called…

Frederick "Fritz" Joubert Duquesne (/duːˈkeɪn/; 21 September 1877 – 24 May 1956; sometimes Du Quesne) was a South African Boer and German soldier, big-game hunter, journalist, and spy.

transistor used for amplifying or switching electronic signals

Michael Alphonsus Shen Fu-Tsung, also Michel Sin, Michel Chin-fo-tsoung, Shen Fo-tsung, Shen Fuzong (Chinese: 沈福宗; pinyin: Shěn Fúzōng; Wade–Giles: Shen Fu-tsung, c. 1658 – 1691), was a Chinese mandarin from Nanking and a convert to Catholicism who was brought…

Worlds largest indoor waterpark

To many middle school students, gum is a hot commodity. But, what many people, fully grown or not, fail to consider is, what is gum made of? Although technically not ingested, gum is still edible. Consumers probably know that the sticky, breath-freshening…

anti-tank scooter

An unusual case of self-inflicted cesarean section with maternal and child survival is presented. No similar event was found in an Internet literature search. Because of a lack of medical assistance and a history of fetal death in utero, a 40-year-old multiparous…

NASA engineers once actually designed a makeup kit.

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Monopoly is a multi-player economics-themed board game. In the game, players roll two dice to move around the game board, buying and trading properties, and developing them with houses and hotels. Players collect rent from their opponents, with the goal being…

2001 film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson

1954 TV series

Dr Richard McKay discusses the 'patient zero' idea during epidemics such as HIV and typhoid, and now COVID-19. www.cam.ac.uk/stories/patientzero

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