Jon Brower Minnoch was the heaviest man in medical history. Minnoch’s top weight in March 1978 was 635 kilograms. When Minnoch was to be hospitalised, it took a dozen firemen and an improvised stretcher to move him from his home to a ferry-boat. When he arrived at the hospital, it took 13 people just to […]
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The Globe Theatre, also known as the Shakespeare Globe Theatre, was the play house where Shakespeare performed many of his greatest plays. Shakespeare’s first play to be performed in London at the Globe Theatre was ‘Julius Caesar’, in 1599. It was built from oak, deal and stolen playhouse frames with a capacity of 3000 people.
People live in Kibbutz in Israel. It is a unique form of Israeli collective community. A member of a Kibbutz is called a Kibbutznik. A Kibbutz was traditionally based on agriculture. The first Kibbutz, established in 1909, was Degania. In 2017, there were 270 Kibbutz in Israel. Today, some Kibbutzim have been privatised and changes
The Ashanti is an ethnic group of the Akans in Ghana. It is a new nation which is more than 50 years old. The Ashanti people live in central Ghana in western Africa, 300 kilometres. away from the coast. Ghana, which was previously the Gold Coast, was a British colony until 1957. Ashanti is in
Damnoen Saduak is the largest and most famous floating market in Thailand. It is about 100 kilometres southwest of Bangkok. Damnoen a Saduak Floating Market opens every day. Once a person is in the market, he or she has a choice of walking along the banks of the canals or hiring a boat to cruise
The Night of the Radishes is an annual event celebrated on the 23rd of December in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico. This event originated in the colonial period when radishes were introduced by the Spanish. The Night of the Radishes is dedicated to the carving of oversized radishes for the competition. The artists work to
The Mona Lisa is a half-length portrait of a figure believed to be the wife of Francesco del Giocondo. Since 1797, the Mona Lisa has been on display at one of the most famous museums in the world, Paris’ the Louvre Museum. The Mona Lisa is considered to be the most famous painting in the
Break Dancing is an athletic style of street dance. It started in the South Bronx of New York in the mid-1970’s and then moved west to Los Angeles. This dance-form when street gangs used Break Dancing as a way to battle without fist-fighting or using weapons. It later evolved as part of the hip-hop movement.
The White Nights Festival is celebrated in St Petersburg, Russia. St Petersburg is well-known for the natural phenomenon ‘white nights’. It is an annual international arts festival celebrated during the season of the midnight sun. It consists of a series of classical ballet, opera and music events. St Petersburg’s Palace Square becomes a stage for
The first alphabet appeared in the Middle East, in an area called the Levant. There are very old stones, from the Levant with writing, that are neither pictures nor letters. It’s a mix of the two. It is believed that this happened sometime in 8 BCE. These very early letters were brought to the Greeks
Gangnam is a district in South Korea. ‘Gangnam Style’ is a Korean term which refers to the fashion and lifestyle of the people in Gangnam. Released in 2012, Gangnam Style rose in popularity and went on to become a trend. Gangnam Style is a song written and performed by the Korean artist. The popularity of
The heart of the Gilroy Garlic Festival is the world-famous Gourmet Alley, where Pyro Chefs put on a show while they cook garlic calamari in huge iron skillets. Gilroy, California, is the site of the world-famous Gilroy Garlic Festival. It is also known as the Garlic Capital of the World. Held every year in July,
Hip-hop Dancing began in New York City during the 1960s. During this time, people without dance training brought dancing to the streets. The Hip-hop moves were inspired by rhythms and the movement style of African dancing. This art-form began to develop when DJ Herc moved to Brooklyn at the age of 12. He was the
The First Cave Paintings were discovered in 1896 in the Altamira Cave in Santander, Spain. They are called the Bisons of the Altamira Cave. The early cave men told stories using art. When they first created art, there was no paint or brushes or canvas. They had to work with twigs or leaves as brushes
The Boryeong Mud Festival is an annual festival which takes place during the summer in Boryeong, south of Seoul in South Korea. In 1996, a range of cosmetics was produced using mud. The cosmetics were said to be full of minerals which occur naturally in the mud. In order to promote these cosmetics, the Boryeong