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Starfish are beautiful sea creatures and are popularly known as sea stars.These aquatic animals have more than 2000 varied species that come in different shapes, sizes, and colors. This sea star with five arms doesn’t really show any visible body parts, including eyes.The starfish has regenerative powers that come in handy in many circumstances. When the sea star loses one of its arms due to an encounter with a predator or during an escape, the regenerative cells in them ensure that they regrow this arm....

Galileo Galilei, an Italian Renaissance scholar who discovered Jupiter’s main moons in 1610, was honored with the spacecraft’s name.On October 18, 1989, the shuttle Atlantis launched the Galileo spacecraft into orbit. A two-stage Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) rocket launched after the spacecraft was freed from the cargo hold, accelerating the spacecraft out of Earth orbit and toward the planet Venus.For two years, the project Galileo spacecraft [dry mass orbiter of 4,140 lb (1,880 kg)] was planned to examine Jupiter’s atmosphere, satellites, and magnetosphere....

Naming your baby is a fun but complicated thing.You want to find a unique name for which you may have to go out of your geographical location. On top of that, you might want to go for popular baby names which suit the personality of your young one.Australia is known for its wild side as well as its progressive and diverse environment. If you are looking for baby names in Australia, you will find out that the Aussie baby names come from diverse sources....

Kit Kat in Japan is one of the most popular chocolates whose unique flavors include Japanese green tea Kit Kat and shake flavored Kit Kat.Did you know that it is a custom for Japanese women to give chocolate to men on Valentine’s day? Chocolates are a big part of Japan’s culture and some chocolates have specific meanings to them.Chocolate was introduced to the Japanese in 1797. In the early 1900s, Luxurious Japanese confectioneries started to import chocolate into the country of Japan....

One of the most common questions people ask is, ‘What is a collective group of chickens called?‘It’s a question that typically arises from children asking their parents, or from adults who have spent years under the assumption that these birds aren’t classified by a biological gender. In the United States, these birds are the most common type of poultry.More than 8 billion chickens are raised for meat every year. A chicken is classified based on its gender; male chickens have masculine features, like large combs and wattles on its head....

Young kittens are known to be playful yet complicated pets, because they are very different than fully mature cats.While a cotton ball can be the perfect toy for your three to four-week-old kitten, there is more to what your kitten needs than just toys and food. A kitten, even as young as three weeks old, has to be trained to meet certain eating and litter standards as they age with each passing week....

William Clarke Quantrill, a Confederate guerilla leader at the time of the American Civil War, was born on July 31, 1837, in Canal Dover, now Dover.Quantrill William joined a guerrilla band of robbers that roamed around the border of Kansas and Missouri, apprehending escaped slaves. He endured a turbulent upbringing and subsequently became a school teacher. Quantrill’s Raiders was the name given to a group of Confederate soldiers, which was a pro-Confederate army partisan ranger organization noted for its often brutal guerrilla tactics....

The Greek goddess of perfection, Artemis, probably has one of the perfect names in Greek mythology.The daughter of Leto and Zeus also had a younger twin brother, Apollo. Artemis is a unique name, that also leads to some interesting nicknames.Artemis is a striking choice and with its popularity rank of 1337, with only 137 occurrences in the entire United States, the name is really quite unique. However, with varying pronunciations of Artemis, the mighty name needs the company of a few good nicknames....

Struggling to find the perfect name for your baby girl?With so many baby names for girls to choose from it can be tough to find the one. It’s a good idea to have plenty of options on your name lists, so that when your beautiful little bundle of joy arrives, you can pick the one which suits her best.We’ve compiled a list of our favourite baby names for girls which are cool, unique and edgy....

It is always great to climb into an aircraft and be treated with the welcoming smile of a flight attendant.However, are you sure you know enough about their job and the sheer amount of stress that they go through every day? When on a plane, we like to have things a certain way and that’s justified as well since we pay such a lot of money for the services.Flight attendants are the people who make sure that our needs are taken care of, whether it is a pack of peanuts, a bottle of water, or a blanket that we want....

Cinephiles, listen up!“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.” As Eleanor Roosevelt mentioned that true friendship is something that never fades from our lives and always leaves back some memorable times behind.‘Driving Miss Daisy’ is a relationship where age, gender, and many other divisive aspects don’t matter, goes beyond, and only brings love and care. ‘Driving Miss Daisy’, an Academy-Award winner for best film, is a ‘89 movie that revolves around an independent Jewish mistress with her classic Southern son and a black chauffeur hired for her....

One of the major waterways of the southeastern United States, the Tennessee River, is the central component of the Earth’s greatest irrigation and hydropower systems.The Tennessee River is known to be the largest tributary of the Ohio River, with a length of approximately 652 mi (1049.29 km). Located in the Tennessee Valley in the southeastern United States, the Tennessee River was once popularly known as the Cherokee River along with many other different names....

The LGBT Community fights for a civil rights and social cause.A cause to recognize people with different gender orientations than straight people. Since the world is accustomed to only two genders, acceptance of the third gender in society has become challenging.The LGBT Community or LGBTQ as popularly known is a community of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, and Transgenders, who share a common culture and represent themselves at social movements. The LGBT Community has been fighting for a cause towards acceptance and recognition of their community....

John H. Brown was a revolutionary abolitionist leader who believed violence was the only resort to end slavery in the USA.John Brown had a unique perspective towards his anti-slavery activities as he knew the poor bonded people would not gain freedom through sermons, speeches, petitions, and persuasion. Being dissatisfied with abolitionist pacifism, he tried a new method and led the anti-slavery volunteers during the Bleeding War crisis.John Brown had also led the Harpers Ferry raid in October in Virginia in the hopes that it may start a slave liberation movement....

Palm Sunday is the day of a Christian moveable feast that memorializes the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.As mentioned in the four Gospels, it is a Christian tradition to honor this canonical event by sharing palm branches or a box of branches belonging to native trees like yew, olive, box, and willow which represents the crowds that had gathered to see Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem. This beautiful concept behind the holiday can be easily explained to a child by narrating the life story of Jesus Christ and why this holiday came to be....

Bridges are constructed for the purpose of providing some ease when it comes to transportation.One such bridge is the arch bridge. Some of the busiest bridges in the world oversee around a thousand vehicles per day, most of which are trucks or lorries.Thus, when it comes to such export bridges, which are put into use day-to-day in order to export goods from one place to another, they must have the capacity to bear thousands of tons of weight at the same time....

When slavery was predominant in society, a great mind named Benjamin was born on November 9, 1731, in Banneky farm (now in Oella), Maryland.He was raised on a farm near Baltimore, Ellicott’s Mills. Benjamin’s mother, Mary Bannaky, an English girl, grew up and purchased a slave named Robert. She eventually married Robert, and together they had Benjamin.Robert took Mary’s surname and was given freedom. Benjamin was one of the most intellectual African Americans who is best known for his astronomical almanac....

Do you claim to be an avid ‘Star Wars’ fan?Well, you are not a ‘Star Wars’ fan if you don’t love Grand Admiral Thrawn. Enjoy these ‘Star Wars’ Thrawn quotes!We all loved Thrawn. With his amazing character and personality, he was indeed one of the best things that we saw on ‘Star Wars Rebels’.Thrawn was the commander to dismantle the rebellion. With his blue skin and red eyes, he was considered one of the most feared villain characters in the show....

Sir Sean Connery, an Academy Award-winning Scottish actor was the first to play James Bond and had truly managed to give a face to the legendary agent.Sean Connery was one of the most acclaimed and respected actors of his time, with the James Bond fame making him truly immortal. He has also starred in other films like ‘Indiana Jones’ but the Scotland-born actor will truly be remembered as Agent 007.Sir Sean Connery’s mother worked as a cleaning lady and his father was a lorry driver and factory worker....

If there is a game that instantly brings joy to the face of gamers, it definitely is ‘Fatal Fury’.SNK developed this iconic fighting game series in Japan. The first version of the game was released in 1991.After its release, the game started gaining popularity and became famous among gamers all across the globe. This game can be played in aside range of gaming consoles and platforms like Windows, PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and others....