Gehenna

Gehenna Gehenna is a place of misery, or a state of misery. Gehenna is derived from...

Wit, Wits, Wit’s End or Wits’ End

WIT, WITS, At One’s Wit’s End or At One’s Wits’ End? WIT: Wit means reasoning power,...

Nobel Prize Winner in Physics in 1912

Nils Gustaf Dalén’s motto was: Be Optimistic. He demonstrated this motto to himself: when lost his vision in an explosion while working...

Feng Shui (風水)

Feng Shui Feng shui (風水) is a pseudoscientific traditional practice of ancient China using energy forces to harmonize individuals...

Jacaranda Mimosifolia

Jacaranda is a tree of the genus Jacaranda: pinnate-leaved tropical American trees of the trumpet-creeper family with bright blue flowers in panciles.

Decoction

Decoction means a process, or action, of extracting the essence of something from something. Decoction is a concentrated liquor resulting from heating...

Novel (Not, Noval), Naval, Navel

Is Covid-19 a noval coronavirus or novel coronavirus? Is there a difference between noval and novel? In the advertisement issued in the...

Grandfather of the Future

Dr. Richard Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983) is recognised for his work on the Geodesic Dome. A geodesic dome is a hemispherical thin-shell structure,...

Taoism, Taoist

Taoism is a Chinese religion, (tao means the way), and also a philosophy. Taoism emphasizes doing what is natural, or going with...

Matterhorn

Matterhorn is the name of a mountain in Switzerland. It is the highest summer ski region in Europe and is open throughout...

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