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Kissing Day aims to make us appreciate a kiss in its own right. No conventions, no social norms, just a kiss. Across the globe we embrace the..→

Today is a special day for pasta lovers. The first written reference to pasta was in 1154 in Sicily. In 1884, the first American pasta factory o..→

Chocolate has been prepared as a drink for nearly all of its history. For example, one vessel found at an Olmec archaeological site on the Gulf ..→

Traumatic brain injury (TBI), also known as intracranial injury, occurs when an external force traumatically injures the brain. TBI can be class..→

Collector Car Appreciation Day is an annual celebration to raise awareness of the role automotive restoration and collection plays in American s..→

By the end of the century, the world’s population might be as high as 17 billion or as low as 7 billion, according to the most recent UN estimat..→

Aggregate is the component of a composite material that resists compressive stress and provides bulk to the composite material. For efficient fi..→

Interesting fact about Bastille: after the storming of the Bastille, its main key was given to the Marquis de Lafayette who later gave it to Geo..→

The UN estimates that the number of unemployed youth globally reached 74.5 million in 2013, the majority of whom live in developing countries. A..→

Congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) is a birth defect of the diaphragm. The most common type of CDH is a Bochdalek hernia; other types include..→

He was loved and admired the world over. From Cape Town to California, streets named after Mandela abound. Nelson Mandela, the prisoner-turned-p..→

The first chessboard withalternating light and dark squares (as it appears today) was made in Europein 1090. The new pawn move, where pawns were..→

Born in Barranquitas, Puerto Rico (July 17, 1859 – November 15, 1916), Munoz Rivera studied in local schools and entered politics in 1887. He be..→

The second Battle of Guam began on July 21, 1944 with American troops landing on western side of the island after several weeks of pre-invasion ..→

Completing a treacherous thousand-mile exodus, an ill and exhausted Brigham Young and fellow members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day..→

Law #1 of August 4, 1952 of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico establishes a full state holiday on July 25 of every year, to be known as Puerto Ric..→

In every culture and time period, the family has stood as the most fundamental human institution. Family is the starting point of life, the sust..→

Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S holidays, and a number of other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additiona..→

The theme for 2015 year’s World Hepatitis Day is "Prevent hepatitis. Act now". Viral hepatitis is caused by 5 distinct hepatitis virus..→

Eid al-Adha ("Festival of the Sacrifice"), also called the "Sacrifice Feast" or "Bakr-Eid", is the second of two M..→

The International Day of Friendship was proclaimed in 2011 by the UN General Assembly with the idea that friendship between peoples, countries, ..→

Human trafficking is a crime that exploits women, children and men for numerous purposes including forced labour and sex. The International Labo..→