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Tag: Culture
Pope Francis (1936-2025): From Nightclub Bouncer to Beloved Pontiff
Pope Francis (1936-2025) — who surprised the world long before his papacy by checking IDs as a Buenos Aires bouncer — died on 21 April 2025. As tributes pour in from around the globe, the story of his unlikely job reveals how these humble beginnings shaped the beloved pontiff who led over 1 billion Catholics worldwide.
How Shakespeare invented the Knock-Knock joke
If you've ever told a knock-knock joke or groaned at a corny one, you can thank William Shakespeare for this timeless and beloved form of humor. The Bard is renowned for pioneering over 1,700 words and phrases in the English language through his celebrated plays and sonnets. But he also may have invented one of the world's simplest — yet most entertaining — comedic setups: the knock-knock joke.
The Most Expensive Object Built by Humans
At $410 million, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides holds the record for the most expensive movie ever made. But that lofty price tag is pocket change compared to the over $100 billion spent on constructing the International Space Station (ISS)—the most expensive object ever built by humans.
No Human Has Beat a Computer in Chess Since 2005
In 1997, the chess world experienced a historic sea change. World champion Garry Kasparov resigned in defeat against IBM's Deep Blue supercomputer. For the first time, a machine had officially defeated a top human player under tournament conditions. Since then, computers have only extended their supremacy at the royal game. No human has managed to beat a computer opponent in a major chess match since 2005.
The last witness to Lincoln’s assassination
On a fateful night in 1865, a young boy of just five years old witnessed one of the most pivotal events in American history – the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Samuel J. Seymour, who would later recount his experience on the 1956 episode of the TV show "I've Got A Secret," remains the last living witness to this tragic event. Now, over a century later, we delve into Seymour's riveting account and explore the emotions and vivid details of that unforgettable night.
Is this 2,000 year old mechanism the First Computer?
The Antikythera Mechanism is one of the most astounding archeological finds in history. Discovered within the ruins of an ancient Greco-Roman shipwreck ...
