Tag: human achievement
Coins of the Australian pound is stranger than it sounds.
Pre-decimal Australian coins arose when the Federation of Australia gave the constitutional power to Commonwealth of Australia to mint its own coinage in 1901.
2021 City of Lincoln Council election is not quite what it seems.
The 2021 City of Lincoln Council election took place on 6 May 2021 to elect members of City of Lincoln Council in Lincolnshire, England.
Franklin and Amelia Walton House is not quite what it seems.
The Franklin and Amelia Walton House is a Prairie School style bungalow built in 1916 in Centerville, Utah, United States.
The real story behind Offa’s imitation dinar.
In the late 8th century, King Offa of Mercia issued a coin inspired by an Abbasid gold dinar.
The surprising truth about Roanoke Island, North Carolina, half dollar.
The Roanoke Island, North Carolina, half dollar is a commemorative coin issued by the United States Bureau of the Mint in 1937.
The sourced background on Henry Leavenworth.
Henry Leavenworth was an American soldier active in the War of 1812 and early military expeditions against the Native American people living on the plains.
Kukudakhandi is not quite what it seems.
Kukudakhandi popularly known as KKD is one of the significant villages in the Kukudakhandi Tehsil of Ganjam district in the Indian State of Odisha.
The sourced background on Sarvavijnanakosam.
Sarvavijnanakosam, known in English as the Malayalam Encyclopaedia, is a general encyclopedia in the Malayalam language.
Why Narayana Upanishad still gets people talking.
The Narayana Upanishad is one of the minor Upanishads, listed as number 18 in the extended anthology of 108 Upanishads recited by Rama to Hanuman in Hindu literature.
Battle of Rafah is stranger than it sounds.
The Battle of Rafah (2009) took place between Hamas and Jund Ansar Allah in the Rafah Governorate of the Gaza Strip.