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Because the speed of the Earth's rotation is slowing down due to the gravitational influence of the Moon, we have to add a second to the atomic clocks to avoid time bein…
Many people believe that SOS is an acronym for some rescue questions like
Although July 4 was chosen as a long-time anniversary, many people believe that the date is incorrect.
The seven new wonders of the world are a vote on a global scale, in order to find the seven greatest buildings that people ever built, besides the seven wonders of the a…
Tesla is known for many revolutionary contributions in the fields of electricity and magnetism in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Notable scientific events on July 23 in history.
Abraham Lincoln was the first US president to be assassinated and died later. Lincoln's assassination was planned and executed by John Wilkes Booth, a professional drama…
On April 20, 1964 - at the World Fair event that took place in Flushing Meadow Park, USA, Bell Telephone (belonging to American telecom group AT&T) brought an exhibition…
On May 11, 1997, IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer beat the Russian chess champion, Garry Kimovich Kasparov.
Skylab is the first US space station, developed by NASA aviation agency.
Notable events took place on March 6 in history.
Dutch astronomer Johannes Fabricius while observing the Sun through his telescope unknowingly discovered dark spots on the star's surface. This is also the first time an…
Initially Coca-Cola was invented by Pemberton with the aim of finding a popular medicine to help prevent headaches and fatigue.
The assassination of Julius Caesar led to the most tragic civil war in Roman history.
Perl (short for Practical Extraction and Report Language) was built by Larry Wall in 1987, with the main purpose of creating a programming language capable of distilling…