Fideism is an epistemological theory which maintains that faith is independent of reason or that reason and faith are hostile to each other and faith is superior at arriving at particular truths The word fideism comes from fides the Latin word for faith and literally means faith-ism
The Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio de Oliveira Salazar preferred to honour the Treaty of Windsor signed between England and Portugal signed in 1386 and remained neutral by refusing to sign the Anti-Comintern Pact which was the document allying Germany Japan and Italy during World War II
The letters ‘AD’ appearing after a date do not as many believe mean ‘After Death’ in reference to the death of Jesus Christ the initials actually stand for Anno Domini a Latin phrase meaning in the year of the Lord ‘A D ’ refers to dates occurring after the birth of Christ
The 1918 flu pandemic (January 1918 - December 1920) infected 500 around million people across the world including remote Pacific islands and the Arctic and killed 50 to 100 million of them - 3 to 5 percent of the world s population at the time - making it one of the deadliest natural disasters in human history
The scientists were referred to as natural philosopher in 18th century as prior to the 1800s science was quite oppressed by Western civilization and thus there was no apt word for someone who explored science It was actually the English philosopher and science historian William Whewell who coined the term scientist in 1833
Before the year 1000 the word she did not exist in the English language The singular female reference was the word heo which also was the plural of all genders The word she appeared only in the 12th century about 400 years after English began to take form She probably derived from the Old English feminine seo the Viking word for feminine reference
The numbers 1488 can be found on the tattoos of white supremacist/Nazi inmates In the case of white supremacists the 14 represents 14 words The 14 words are a quote by Nazi leader David Lane: We must secure the existence of our people and a future for White Children The 88 is shorthand for the 8th letter of the alphabet twice HH which represents Heil Hitle
Dogs stick their heads out car windows because of awesome overload of smells Humans have only about 5 million olfactory receptors while a dog has more than 225 million receptors So to a dog sticking his head out the window of a moving car is the equivalent of a human going from a standard television TV to a giant IMAX movie screen and trying to soak in all the colors and visuals that it entails
