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FACT: the size of earth was first discovered using shadows

By Ryan | Published: December 3, 2009

The time is 250 BC, about 1500 years before what we call “modern science” took it’s first baby steps. The Egyptian city of Alexandria, on the northern coast of Egypt, was home to the greatest library that ever existed, filled with the wisest people of the day, and the birthplace of many fundamentals of mathematics, [...]

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FACT: England is not a country, and that flag might be upside down

By Ryan | Published: September 2, 2009

I guess I’m just an ignorant peasant in the commonwealth, but I learned two rather basic facts about our mother England today. First, England is not a country. It was, back in it’s hay-day of imperialistic power and what-not, a country. But now… not so much. Scotland isn’t a country, Northern Ireland isn’t a country, [...]

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FACT: denim jeans are named after two european towns

By Ryan | Published: August 11, 2009

Denim fabric, most commonly used for jeans, is a type of twill fabric. Serge is another name for such a fabric, and way back in the 1500s it went into serious production in Europe. One particular variety was made in the town of Nimes, France. It came to be known as serge de’ Nimes. (serge [...]

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