Mangov

12/09/2022

Operation Yellow Ribbon was commenced by Canada to handle the diversion of civilian airline flights in response to the September 11 attacks in 2001. Canada took in 255 diverted flights from the US on 9/11 and then the Canadians fed the diverted passengers.

08/09/2022

An online gamer mortgaged his irl home to purchase a virtual property in the Entropia Universe for $100,000. He later sold the same property called "Club Neverdie" for roughly $635,000.00.

08/09/2022

Over 50 of the largest life insurance companies in the US are being sued for not paying claims on millions of policies. In many cases, the insurers knew the client was deceased and continued collected premiums via policy loans which would cause them to lapse over time.

06/09/2022

Alexander Graham Bell, who invented the telephone in 1876, suggested answering calls with "ahoy."

Unconsciously, native English speakers say adjectives preceding nouns in a specific order: opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, and purpose. It's why saying "old green metal chairs" sounds normal, but "metal green old chairs" sounds weird.

06/09/2022

06/09/2022