Trophy heads from human sacrifices found in Peru, face of 19th-century “vampire” reconstructed, 85-year-old explorers’ cameras recovered in the Yukon. The post This Week In History News, Oct. 30 – Nov. 5 appeared first on All That’s Interesting.
Daily Archives: November 5, 2022
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Complexes, also known as combination lifts, consist of two or more exercises performed with the same free weight in a non-stop, continuous fashion. While this method may initially appear similar to low-intensity circuit training commonplace in machine-laden rec centers, true complexes are quite the opposite. Romanian weightlifting coach Istvan Javorek popularized complexes in the 1970s to […]
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Claim: Italian dictator Benito Mussolini once said, “When I said I supported equal voting rights, I meant men shouldn’t vote either.” Rating: In early November 2022, a Reddit user posted a meme showing Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini along with a quote attributed to him about equal voting rights. Mussolini was prime minister of Italy […]
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After being rescued from a dogfighting ring in North Carolina, this seven-year-old dog is getting a second chance at life — and making beautiful pieces of art. Happily Furever After Rescue (left); Wikimedia Commons (right)Van Gogh the artistic dog and a self-portrait of Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. Vincent Van Gogh was a legendary 19th-century […]
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Claim: Thanksgiving is the peak day for cooking fires being reported in the U.S. Rating: Cooking a turkey is not quite as simple as toasting bread or microwaving a frozen dinner. With that in mind, it would not come as much of a surprise to find out that the one day many Americans prepare a […]
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