While popular in most of Asia, Buddhism had lost its dominance in what is now modern-day India which is where Buddha spent much of his life. Buddhism had slowly declined over the centuries until a major breaking point in the 12th century. Unlike most falls or rises in a major religion, there wasn’t a singleContinue reading “Fun Fact: End of Buddhism in India”
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Fun Fact: Opinion Etymology
The English word opinion comes from the Latin word opinari meaning “think” or “believe.”
Fun Fact: Heavy Silk
Silk is produced by silkworms after eating mulberry leaves. It takes about 104 times the mulberry leaves per pound as the amount of silk they produce for the same weight.
Fun Fact: Poverty Lobster
Lobsters were considered a poverty food before the mid-19th century when folks in New York and Boston started to crave it as a finer type of meal.
Fun Fact: Earth Day
While many things led to the creation of Earth day, an oil spill in 1969 in Santa Barbara was the main reason it was created in 1970.
