The word pillow comes from the Old English words pyle and pylu, of West Germanic origin, and is related to the Dutch peluw and German Pfühl. These terms are based on the Latin word pulvinus, meaning cushion. The earliest known pillows date back over 7,000 years to ancient Mesopotamia, where they were made of stone…
Things I Like: Slime Eye (Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom)
Slime Eye is the miniboss of the Lanayru Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom on the Nintendo Switch. Its only other appearance in the Zelda series was in The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. It actually looks quite different here, so I am a little surprised they did not just give it…
Fun Facts and Trivia About The Chemical Element Molybdenum
Molybdenum has the chemical symbol Mo, derived directly from the first two letters of its name, which is uncommon among elements discovered before modern naming conventions. Molybdenum’s atomic number is 42, a number famously referenced in popular culture as “the answer to life, the universe, and everything.” The name molybdenum comes from the Greek word…
Things I Like: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV Series) Season 1
Game of Thrones used to be my favorite television show of all time, but the ending kind of soured my opinion. House of the Dragon came out strong as a prequel, but the showrunners ended up dropping the ball in Season 2. Now we have another spin-off called A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, which…
10 Random Fun Facts and Trivia For March 2026
The belief of sitting on cold concrete hurts your kidneys is an old wives’ tale, but scientific evidence indicates that sitting on a cold surface does not directly harm your kidneys or cause kidney disease. However, prolonged sitting can increase the risk of chronic kidney disease, and general cold exposure can strain kidney function, especially…