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The development of spoken languages is probably the most significant development in communications in the history of the world. Since mankind first developed language, languages have developed into a multitude of varieties, a diversity which endures to this day. Here is a list of the top ten languages, grouped by the number of native speakers. [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged Angola, Argentina, Assam, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bengali language, Bissau, Bissau Region, brazil, British isles, canada, cape East Timor, cape Guinea-Bissau, cape Mozambique, cape Príncipe, cape São Tomé, cape São Tomé and Príncipe, Cape Verde, china, culture, Czech Republic, denmark, East Timor, Europe, European Union, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, India, Indo-Aryan languages, Ireland, Israel, Italo, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Justin Jurek, Kazakhstan, Korea, languages, Languages of Africa, Languages of Asia, Languages of India, Languages of Pakistan, Languages of the United States, Latin America, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Middle East, Mozambique, New Zealand, North Africa, North America, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Okinawa, Pakistan, Palau, Poland, Portugal, Portuguese language, Province of Rome, REpublic of Ireland, rome, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Spanish language, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tripura, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Nations, United States, Urdu, Uruguay, West Bengal
In war, there are winners and losers. Sometimes an army is defeated because they simply faced a larger and more powerful foe. Other times they lose because of some bizarre set of circumstances no one could have foreseen, or because they were simply outwitted by a cunning adversary. Sometimes an army is even dealt a [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Ever since the famed Greek philosopher Plato first wrote of a fabled continent called Atlantis more than two thousand years ago, scholars have been locked in fierce debate as to whether such a place truly existed. While a few rare individuals have taken Plato’s words seriously, most scoff at the idea that an advanced civilization [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Friday, June 25, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, History, Science · Tagged Antarctica, Atlantic Ocean, atlantis, Bermuda, bermuda triangle, Bimini Island, Black Sea, Canary Islands, Charles Hapgood, Crete, geography, Gibraltar, Hercules, Indian Ocean, Jeff Danelek, Lemuria, Libya, lost cities, lost city, Lost Continents, Lost lands, Madagascar, Mediterranean, Mediterranean Sea, Mu, Mythological places, Nature, North Africa, Pacific Ocean, Philip Sclater, Plato, Poseidon, Pseudoscience, the Bahamas, Thera
