Questions and Answers: Volume 36
November, the 9th month of the Roman calendar and the 11th month in our calendar, is upon us. It is the month when we think of turkeys, pilgrims, and when the weather gets colder. It is also the mo...
1 Nov 202515min
Pumpkins
Pumpkins are a staple of the autumn season, used in events like Halloween and Thanksgiving as symbols of the holidays and in various culinary dishes. Pumpkins, which are technically a fruit, not a v...
31 Okt 202513min
The Eastern Front of World War I
During the First World War, most of the attention, at least in the West, was focused on the Western Front. However, the Western Front was not the only front in the war. There were actually multiple ...
30 Okt 202515min
Zombies (Encore)
One of the most popular forms of fiction today involves zombies. There are TV shows, movies, and books that all envision life during a zombie apocalypse. Zombie stories are a relatively new form of ...
29 Okt 202514min
Black Tuesday and the 1929 Stock Market Crash (Encore)
On October 28, 1929, a day known as Black Monday, the New York Stock Exchange suffered its greatest one-day loss in history. The next day, known as Black Tuesday, the market dropped even further, re...
28 Okt 202516min
Challenger Deep and the Mariana Trench
Located in an arch sweeping to the east and south of the Marina Islands and Guam is the deepest part of the ocean, the Mariana Trench. Running over 2,500 kilometers or 1,200 miles, the very deepest ...
27 Okt 202515min
The Shroud of Turin
In the 13th century, a French knight came forward and displayed what he claimed was the burial cloth of Jesus Christ. Almost immediately, its authenticity was challenged by religious authorities. I...
26 Okt 202515min
The Winter War
On November 30, 1939, the Soviet Union invaded Finland. The Soviet Union forced the Finns to sue for peace after three months of fighting, and on paper, one could conclude that the Soviets won. Ho...
25 Okt 202515min
