by Ed Van Gennip | Nov 9, 2022 | True Science Blog
What came first, the chicken or the egg? A paradox which applies to many similar things. Chickens produce eggs. Eggs grow into chickens. Did some pre-chicken drop the first chicken egg? Did some pre-chicken egg hatch into the first chicken? How about a bigger...
by Ed Van Gennip | Aug 25, 2015 | Did You Know?
In 1841 the word dinosaur was invented. Before this, these creatures where called dragons. Thus the terms mean the same thing. Many recipes for healing in middle ages called for dragon saliva or crushed bones. The epic story of Gilgamesh records him slaying the dragon...
by Ed Van Gennip | Oct 6, 2014 | Did You Know?
The Chinese calendar presents 12 images of animals. Each animal roughly corresponds to a month of the year. 12 animals and 12 months. That is not strange. 11 of the 12 are animals in the calendar exist today, they are real. One does not, which is the dragon. What is...
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