The Caduceus (Staff of Hermes) has been confused as a medical symbol by the US Army Medical Corp and many medical institutions in the US. The actual symbol that should have been used was the Staff of… (View Post)

Lucien, a Syrian living in the Roman empire during 2nd century AD wrote a story about a group of travelers blown off course and taken to the moon by a whirlwind. They become embroiled in a war betwee… (View Post)

I haven't played it since the 90s, but wasn't it a spell in Magic: The Gathering? Fun fact about syphilis, it could be cured by scarlet fever. For a very long time doctors noticed that people who had… (View Post)

Speaking of volcanoes, the Laki fissure erupted in Ice Land a bit over 200 years ago, and some historians credit it with starting the French revolution for blocking out sunlight and reducing crop yie… (View Post)

There were far too many sweets leftover that I had no room to try. I had made a sweet potato pie. My sister brought a pumpkin pie and a pineapple upside down cake. My friend's brought penny cakes, bo… (View Post)