Wellesley College was founded by Pauline and Henry Fowle Durant to give women an opportunity for higher education
The Ethical Culture movement is founded on the premise that moral tenets are not necessarily grounded in religious or philosophical dogma
Jozef Tiso is regarded by some as a hero who protected
Slovakia during
World War II and by others as a traitor who collaborated with the Nazis
Distance education has been around at least since
Isaac Pitman taught shorthand in
Great Britain via correspondence in the 1840s.
Positive psychology studies people's
happiness rather than diagnosing mental illness and treating what makes them miserable
Kitty Wells' 1952 recording of "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" led to the introduction of female stars in the male-dominated
country music genre
It has been said that when Hernan Cortes reached
Mexico the
Aztecs thought he was their god Quetzalcoatl
Without "greenhouse gases" the
Earth would be so cold as to be uninhabitable
In 1997 Janet Jagan became the first woman President of
Guyana
Bette Davis co-founded the "Hollywood Canteen," a club providing food, dancing, and entertainment by Hollywood stars for servicemen on their way to fight overseas in
World War II
The American educational psychologist, Benjamin Bloom, carried out research that showed that a "decade of dedication" is more important than
giftedness in achieving success in a given field of learning
Pluto, considered the
solar system's ninth
planet since its discovery in 1930, was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006
During his reign Aurangzeb expanded the
Mughal Empire and enacted a series of edicts based on
Sharia (Islamic law) in
India
Mirabeau the Elder was known as the "friend of mankind" who believed that the wealth of a nation was its population
Nineveh was the largest city in the world prior to its destruction in 612 B.C.E.
The Akkadian Empire has been described as the first true empire in world history
Shinto is commonly translated as "the Way of the Gods"
The deaths of such popular figures as
Davy Crockett and
Jim Bowie contributed to how the Battle of the Alamo has been regarded as an heroic and iconic moment in Texan and U.S. history
Rachel was the favorite wife of
Jacob, younger sister of
Leah his first wife, and mother of his favorite sons
Joseph and Benjamin
Scottish educator A. S. Neill founded Summerhill School as an experiment in free learning
Joseph Campbell's philosophy is often summarized by his phrase "Follow your bliss"
Johann Jakob Bachofen's seminal work
Mother Right presented a radically new view of the role of women in a broad range of ancient societies
The eggplant or aubergine is widely used in
Indian cuisine where it is called brinjal, and is considered the "King of Vegetables"
Marine Engineers are the members of a ship's crew that operate and maintain the propulsion and other systems on board the vessel
The Namib Desert, stretching 1,000 miles along the
Atlantic coast of Southern Africa, is believed to be the world's oldest
desert having been arid for at least 55 million years
Jane Goodall discovered that
chimpanzees use tools, an ability previously thought to be uniquely human.
The term "hobby" came from "hobby-horse" which was a child's toy
The story of
Noah's flood may not be the most ancient of the flood stories that exist in cultures around the world
The Mandate of Heaven, requiring rulers to rule justly, was introduced by the Zhou Dynasty of China
Beatrix Potter became an author of children's books after the scientific community rejected her because she was a woman
The name "Paris" is derived from its early inhabitants, the [[Celts