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The Alamo is familiar to many people and especially in the United States of America where it is revered. It was an old mission station in San Antonio. It was the focus of resistance between  Mexico and approximately 200 rebellious Texans. The Texans were at the old mission to defend it against the massed forcesContinue reading “How Did Davy Crockett Die?”

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is arguably one of the best-known and popular classical composers that has ever lived. His large output of 169 pieces covered many forms of musical composition from his 1812 Overture, Sleeping Beauty to The Nutcracker Suite as well as many, many others. He was born on the 7th of May 1840 inContinue reading “Mystery about the Death of Tchaikovsky”

Coffee is one of the world’s most popular beverages with perhaps tea being just as popular. It is known coffee contains caffeine which stimulates the central nervous system or CNS. It also has an effect on the heart and muscles (the heart, of course, is a muscle). Coffee also consists of chlorogenic acid which mayContinue reading “Be Alert with Coffee or Not”

The periodic table lists the elements in terms of their atomic weight. This is a measure of how many protons are present in the nucleus of each atom. The lightest of all is hydrogen; the heaviest at the other end of the table is unoctium. But of course, nothing is ever as simple as itContinue reading “Beyond the Periodic Table”

We have probably all heard of anaesthetics and many of us have had them administered to us by medical professionals. They can be put into two categories. The first is termed local anaesthetics. These have the effect of numbing or desensitising a part of the body which is reversible and does not lead to aContinue reading “Introduction to Anaesthetics”

It is no surprise to know that many of the animals we know today, had prehistoric ancestors which were much larger but still recognisable to what we see today. Among these was the kangaroo. None of them exist today and have not been around for tens of thousands of years. Modern kangaroos are common inContinue reading “What Killed Off the Giant Kangaroo?”

Warning: This article contains some disturbing descriptions of cannibalism. But I am sure this will not stop those with a curious mind. There have been many accounts of cannibalism throughout history and taking place over many parts of the world. Several of these have allegedly happened in recent history. There are, we believe a numberContinue reading “Who’s for Dinner?”

The research for this article was for an account of the first people to reach Australia and we will cover that first. However, it also led to new information that suggests that there was interbreeding with a new species of humanoid. But first, let us consider where the first Australians came from and when andContinue reading “A New Kind of Human from the Past”

Within many of the world’s greatest museums, there may be an exhibit that makes you question its significance. I readily admit that this effect is common to so many other exhibits. But this one is at first sight, bizarre. I am referring to the collection of what are called crystal skulls. They look as theirContinue reading “Mystery of the Crystal Skulls”

Edward Elgar is one of Britain’s greatest music composers. Many of his works have come to be regarded as what Britain stands for, or at least what it did stand for when it was composed. Every year during the Last Night of the Proms held at the Albert Hall in London, we hear some ofContinue reading “The Enigma of Elgar”