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The chemical process invented to manufacture explosives that today feeds one-third of the world’s population
If I review the term Haber Process and accompany it with descriptive words such as industry, ammonia, nitrogen, fertilizer, and energy consumption, it is almost…
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Christian Heinrich Heineken, the child prodigy who impressed Europe at just four years old
It is surprising that centuries ago, in times when access to education was practically restricted to the elites and pedagogy lacked the qualitative specialization developed…
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How a Hawaiian prince became the only congressman with royal blood in the U.S.A.
Some time ago we saw how Napoleon Bonaparte’s nephew, Charles Joseph, grew up in the U.S. with his mother (who was separated from his father,…
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A single family remains in the Erbil citadel, the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the world
The Near and Middle East are full of cities of proven antiquity, such as Byblos, Sidon, Jericho, Susa… Less well known is the city of…
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Eugene Shoemaker, the only person whose remains rest on the Moon
Scattering the ashes of a deceased loved one into the air or throwing them into the water is a beautiful way to say goodbye and…
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When Choctaws gave everything they owned to help the Irish during the Great Famine of 1847
Ireland is a highly appreciated destination for a certain sector of travelers seeking something different from the classic sun and beach tourism. Landscape, mythology, music…
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Graham’s number, so large that its ordinary representation would not fit in the observable universe
What is the largest number you can imagine? I’m sure more than one reader will paraphrase Han Solo, thinking they can imagine a lot. But…
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The German female athlete at the 1936 Berlin Olympics who turned out to be a man
A recent case is that of Caster Semenya, South African athlete twice Olympic champion and three times world champion in the middle-distance (800 meters, to…
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