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The Titanic was Predicted?
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History
The Dancing Plague of 1518
In the summer of 1518, Strasbourg (then part of the Holy Roman Empire) was struck by one of history’s strangest outbreaks: dozens of townspeople began dancing uncontrollably in the streets. What started with one woman soon grew to hundreds, many collapsing from exhaustion, and some reportedly dancing to their deaths.
Authorities believed the cure was more dancing and even hired musicians—only fuelling the frenzy. Today, theories range from mass psychogenic illness (stress-induced hysteria) to ergot poisoning from mouldy rye.
Science
Ornithology (aw-nuh-tho-luh-jee)
Is a branch of zoology that deals with the study of birds. An ornithologist is a person who studies or is an expert on birds.
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Tech & Engineering
The First Webcam
Long before video calls and livestreams, the very first webcam had a far humbler purpose: coffee. In 1991, researchers at Cambridge University set up a camera pointing at their office coffee pot. The live feed let them check the pot from their desks, saving wasted trips for an empty cup. This quirky experiment not only solved a daily annoyance—it quietly pioneered the idea of real-time video streaming that we now take for granted.
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Sport
Crickets Timeless Tests
Before strict schedules, Test cricket once had no time limit. These “timeless Tests” could last over a week—the longest stretched to 10 days in 1939, only ending when England’s team had to catch their boat home.
Business & Politics
Business Acquisition
A business acquisition refers to when one company (the acquirer) purchases most or all shares in another company, taking control of its assets and operations.
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Arts & Literature
The Titanic was Predicted in Fiction
In 1898, author Morgan Robertson wrote a novella called Futility about a massive “unsinkable” ship named the Titan that strikes an iceberg and sinks in the North Atlantic. Fourteen years later, the Titanic disaster unfolded with eerie similarities, making Robertson’s story one of literature’s most chilling coincidences.
Entertainment
The First In-Flight Movie
Back in 1925, a British airline treated passengers to something brand new: an in-flight movie. Travellers flying on Imperial Airways watched the silent film The Lost World—decades before seatback screens and Wi-Fi were even imagined. It marked the quirky beginning of in-flight entertainment as we know it today.
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Doctors use the term widowmaker for a blockage in the
A - Carotid artery
B - Left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery
C - Pulmonary artery
The furthest place on Earth from any land lies in the Pacific Ocean and is called?
A - Point Nemo
B - Point Nowhere
C - Point Deep
Takashi Murakami is a Japanese?
A - Artist
B - Singer
C - Engineer
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B (Left anterior descending (LAD) coronary artery)
A (Point Nemo)
A (Artist)