Mexico Begun in the mid-14th century, destroyed in the 16th and forgotten until the 20th, Templo Mayor was the centerpiece of Tenochtitlán—the precursor to Mexico City—and... Did You Know?
Africa In May 2019, The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) set up call centers along the most popular migrant routes in West Africa,... Did You Know?
United Kingdom In the United Kingdom, there has been an increase in cases of “acoustic trauma” suffered by call center workers. According to the publication Industrial... Did You Know?
India A 2017 study revealed that Indian call center workers were often the target of racial abuse from US clients. The report mentioned the trauma... Did You Know?
Germany When the Berlin Wall came down, many residents of the former East Berlin moved out of their houses to work in the west. Seeing... Did You Know?
United Kingdom The term “gentrification” was first coined by British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964 to describe her observations of what was happening to housing in... Did You Know?
South Africa Residents of Bo-Kaap in Cape Town, South Africa, fear that the rich heritage of its historic quarter is under threat from gentrification. Traditionally a... Did You Know?
Global The vast majority of the Earth’s longest mountain range is underwater. The Mid-Ocean Ridge spans more than 40,000 miles around the planet and was... Did You Know?
Tibet DNA from a group of ancient humans called Denisovans, who lived 150,000 years ago, shows they successfully adapted to live in oxygen-depleted places at... Did You Know?
United States By March, 1980, Mount St. Helens in Washington state in the U.S. Pacific Northwest region hadn’t erupted for over a century. But at the... Did You Know?
Built in the 1970s as a bomb shelter, the underground city of Dixia Cheng in Beijing, China, is often referred to as the Underground... Did You Know?
Romania An underground lake in Salina Turda, Romania, was first used to extract salt in the Middle Ages (its first documented use was in 1075)... Did You Know?
