The Battle of Constantinople was a Gothic attack on Constantinople in 378 following the Gothic victory at the Battle of Adrianople. The emperor Valens's widow prepared the defence, and also reinforced the city with Arab warriors, who performed excellently…

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The United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams, commonly known as Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command. Among the SEALs' main functions are conducting small-unit special…

Centipedes (from Neo-Latin centi-, "hundred", and Latin pes, pedis, "foot") are predatory arthropods belonging to the class Chilopoda (Ancient Greek χεῖλος, kheilos, "lip", and Neo-Latin suffix -poda, "foot", describing the forcipules) of the subphylum Myriapoda…

First Tirthankara of Jainism

animation-related events during 1963

form of exile in Roman law

term used to describe the creation of exclusive, custom-fitted clothing

owl that escaped from a New York City zoo (2010–2024)

Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)

There is undoubtedly a spatial component to our experience of gustatory stimulus qualities such as sweet, bitter, salty, sour, and umami, however its importance is currently unknown. Taste thresholds have been shown to differ at different locations within…

American singer and jazz pianist (1919–1965)

Steve Nichols admits his wildlife sanctuary’s latest plan to stop its more foul-mouthed parrots from swearing could end up backfiring.

mathematical proof

Termites have existed on Earth for an estimated 150 million years, so it's  little wonder that they have spread to every landmass except Antarctica. Commonly confused with ants, they are actually

Autoformatting in Microsoft Excel has caused many a headache—but now, a new study shows that one in five genetics papers in top scientific journals contains errors from the program, The Washington Post reports. The errors often arose when gene names in a…

American basketball player

American neurologist

The USS Wisconsin (BB-64) is one of the iconic Iowa-class battleships, the last battleship class built by the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1944

The number of Americans with passports has hit a record high. According to Census and State...