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From Nation, For Nation - Pulse of the Nation
Jim Thorpe was one of the most successful all-around American athletes of the 20th century.
Jim Thorpe was the first Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States. Also a professional baseball player, Thorpe played six seasons for the New York Giants. In 1954, a Pennsylvania municipality renamed itself after the all-American hero and bought his remains, despite Thorpe never residing in-or →
The vikings had a soft spot for furry companions!
More than 1,000 years ago, Vikings sailed west toward England with their pets onboard their ships, according to a new study published in the journal PLOS One. And when they died, the Vikings built a massive funeral pyre, cremated →
From Globe, For Globe - Pulse of the Planet
There was far more to these cartographically inspired game decks than met the eye!
Playing cards originated in 9th century China, spreading across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and North Africa before making their way to Europe. From there, English and French colonialism inadvertently took them to Earth’s four corners. Although nobody knows the exact symbolism behind a modern deck’s configuration, some hypothesize the calendar inspired it.
After all, there are 52 cards in a deck and 52 weeks in a →
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