I first read about the profound problems that people who don’t feel physical pain can experience in Philip Yancey’s book The Gift Of Pain. This article on Today I Found Out reminded me of that as it unfolds that pain serves purpose. From the post: Congenital Insensitivity to Pain (CIP) is technically classified as a …
I watched this video, but it was all math to me.
It’s sort of known that Australians use an anglicised pronunciation of the name of our highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko. This article at Mental Floss provides the background behind the name of the man after which Mount Everest is named, including that the family name in question is pronounced ‘eve-rest’, not ‘ever-est’.
Many of the oversized wine bottles in this Mental Floss article share names with Kings whose names are found in the Bible, other biblical figures, and a ring in or two… Imagine taking a Melchizedek of red away from Dan Murphy’s. I’d need a few friends around to help out. I’m not fussy though, a …
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