Society

Found in 1901 by a team of French archeologists in the ancient city of Susa in Iran, the Hammurabi Laws seem to have been created to govern day to day life in Babylonia.

January 31, 2020 09:51

A total of 24 teams will fight it out for the coveted Henri Delaunay Cup.

January 31, 2020 06:36

The European Championship will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2020 with the tournament taking place in 12 cities across the continent.

January 31, 2020 06:09

Tokyo 2020 will feature 339 events across 33 sports. Five of the sports and 15 events will debut for the first time in Tokyo.

January 31, 2020 00:54

The past 15 tournaments have been won by ten national teams. Portugal is the reigning champion.

January 31, 2020 00:22

Rachel Carson lived from May 27, 1907 to April 14, 1964. A biologist, she is known for her role in bringing awareness to the environmental movement in its early days.

January 29, 2020 13:17

The population of dogs in Europe has grown steadily over the last decade. Today there are an estimated 65.5 million dogs in the European Union.

January 29, 2020 12:43

Fish is a runner who sprang to national prominence in June 2019 when she participated in the state championship races with a red handprint painted across her face and MMIW written on her leg.

January 29, 2020 10:59

Jainism was founded in ancient India.

January 28, 2020 21:42

Over the years, many languages have changed, while others have gone extinct or branched out. However, some languages have survived and are still being used to date.

January 28, 2020 13:02

The Iron Catastrophe is considered as one of the most crucial geomorphic moments in Earth’s history.

January 28, 2020 08:07

Saying that a country is one of the worst to live in today is subjective, if not controversial. However, studies have used a combination of real and measurable data points to create an index of misery!

January 27, 2020 18:18

You may have heard of the Great Depression, but have you heard of a similar period in Japan’s history? Here is everything you need to know about the Lost Decade in Japan.

January 27, 2020 13:49

Chinese and Eastern cultures strongly emphasize the unity between a person and nature, and the concepts of personal fate and the world are inseparable.

January 27, 2020 13:10

Virginia Dare was the first English child to be born in what would become The United States of America.

January 27, 2020 12:29

The Smithsonian Institution is a collective of art, history and science museums and research centers under the patronage of the Government of the United States.

January 27, 2020 12:04

At least 200 million girls and women belonging to 30 countries alive today have underwent female genital mutilation.

January 27, 2020 00:03

Over the years, several tragic shipwrecks have occurred along the coasts of Canada as well as in the freshwater lakes of the country.

January 26, 2020 20:17

Australian Rules Football was invented in Melbourne Australia in the late 1850's.

January 26, 2020 20:11

The samurai were a warrior class in the Japanese society that was active from the 12th century up to the late 1800s.

January 25, 2020 12:05