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The Crimson Worm: Blood to Snow
Blood and Snow: The Crimson Worm Nature is a fascinating subject. There are so many intricate aspects that maintains our interests. Our quests for knowledge of the occurrences in the animal kingdom can go on for a lifetime. At every turn there is some discovery about the cycle of life in every species. These interesting facts fill us with awe in the way they work to connect the balance of the animal kingdom.
By Marian Cain3 years ago in FYI
Stop Thinking About It!
This knowledge is actually more common than you’d think! The issue is that many of us don’t realize it soon enough and others go through a lifetime without ever figuring it out! So, what is it?! Stay with me and let me guide you to this “uncommon knowledge” that will save you from many heartaches, stress, sadness, and any negative thing that could head your way.
By Mario Garnica jr3 years ago in FYI
Don't Quit
Everyone remembers things about their childhood that stood out as interesting or important. When I was younger I had a lot of moments like that. The first time I traveled outside of the U.S and my first day of middle school. When I first rode a bike, when I learned to swim, and when I went to Las Vegas for a family reunion. The most important parts of me that shaped me became memories I could look back on and smile about. As a kid something I loved was history and I used to live with my aunt. On her door, every day I walked by it I looked at a poem taped on it. That poem is a part of history, of my history, and the history of the person who writes it. It's the most inspirational poem I've ever read. I memorized it and carry it as a memory today. The poem is called "Don't Quit" and some people credit the author Edgar A. Guest as the author but others believe it to be John G. Whittier.
By Porsha Greer3 years ago in FYI
The WW1 weapon you can’t live without
When people think of WW1, they often conjure up thoughts of the infamous phrase “trench warfare.” Images of shell-shocked soldiers sitting in trenches with eyes that hold a million stories many would never be able to tell and gruesome wounds that forever shaped a generation may spring to thought. Just as likely would the history class every student takes in 10th grade explaining the bare-bones facts of the war with glossy pages detailing mustard gas and the newly emerging concept of “shell shock” that would later go on the be named PTSD. Students in advanced world history might cover a bit of the politics that took place before the bubbling cauldron in the Balkans finally boiled over. It might cover the assassination that sent an entire generation to the front lines that took a backseat to WW2 when it came time for their yearly history exam. However, while mustard gas often left painful and debilitating blisters on soldiers. It wasn’t even close to being the deadliest chemical weapon used on the battlefield.
By Mukena Addict3 years ago in FYI
Hidden History
I think it's safe to say America likes to be forgetful, and to leave pertinent histories undisclosed. This has become increasingly apparent over the last year, with a plethora of information coming to light and mass movements gaining momentum to protect our waters and BIPOC. What I'm sharing today is part of a short research project I took on for an environmental studies class at my local community college, addressing some of these issues. For this report I was to use the National Inventory of Dams and other resources to identify and compare two dams of different sizes, listing their benefits and drawbacks, age, safety risks, whether or not they include a fish passage to travel upriver, the habitats they flood, recreation opportunities, etc. The two dams I chose are both significant to me, and both of which have caused much conflict with and heavily impact Native populations (human, animal, and plant life). And honestly the more I read about all this, the more it seems that this is not unique to these dams alone. This makes sense because life exists from and by water, and so of course the choices of American society and industry would violate the sacred grounds of many First Peoples.
By Lucy Whitesell3 years ago in FYI
Fruit for Thought
When I think of the words fun and facts usually what comes to mind for me is facts about fruit. Facts about fruit is something I’ve always had knowledge about since first grade when I had received my first iPod touch, and downloaded the country’s most popular app that year: Fruit Ninja. One of my favorite things about Fruit Ninja besides the game itself was the little “Sensei’s Fruit Facts” that would appear after you completed a game. Those facts stuck to me ever since and have found its way into my daily life along with becoming my best friend when it comes to times like these, a time when a challenge asks of you to go on a “fact-finding journey”.
By Summer Baldwin3 years ago in FYI