Whaling reached its peak in the 1800s, when whale oil was heavily used as a power source. The industry declined with the rise of fossil fuels. Concern over diminishing whale populations led many countries to heavily regulate or outlaw the practice in the mid-20th century.[Sea]
In 2003, NBA Basketball minifigures were the first to be based on real people, such as Kobe Bryant.[LEGO]
Ukraine’s name comes from a word meaning “borderland."[Ukraine]
Actress Leah Remini split from Scientology after becoming critical of the church’s treatment of former and current members. After she left, she filed a missing person's report with the LAPD about chairman David Miscavige’s wife, Shelly, who hasn’t been seen in public since 2007. The LAPD said the report was “unfounded.”[Scientology]
The first item sold over the Internet was a bag of marijuana over 40 years ago. Stanford students used Arapnet (an early form of the Internet) to buy weed from their counterparts at MIT.[Marijuana]
The Klan had a second revival at the end of WWII, led by Dr. Samuel Green, a doctor from Atlanta. But this revival never became as widespread as the 1920s revival.[Ku Klux Klan]
In 2008, the Wall Street Journal reported that transportation fuel consumption in the U.S. would grow from 150 billion gallons annually in 2020 to over 250 billion gallons by the middle of this century. Researchers hypothesize that we would have to export trillions of dollars to oil producing countries, which would compromise our currency, our economy, and our environment.[Energy]
Scientists call insects that feed off decaying flesh necrophagous, meaning “dead” and “to eat.” Flies are usually the first insects to arrive at a dead body, mainly to ay their eggs on moist locations, such as the mouth, nose, eyes, anus, wounds, or the female reproductive tract.[Death]
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