Category: Pause for Thought

Written By John Bradley Launched in 1977, September 5 marked the 58th anniversary of Voyager 1’s launch. That makes it one of the oldest pieces of space technology that is…

Written By John Bradley WIn scientific classification, there is no difference between crows and ravens. Ravens and crows belong to the same family, but they differ in several ways. Ravens…

Written By John Bradley Seals are part of the Pinniped Order of marine mammals. The pinniped order of marine mammals also includes sea lions, walruses, and fur seals. There are…

Written By John Bradley Nearly 30% of Canadian workers belong to unions, including nurses, teachers, journalists and professional athletes, as well as the more traditionally unionized occupations like retail store…

Written By John Bradley The Greenlanders call their own country Inuit Nunaat or Kalaallit Nunaat, meaning Land of the People or Land of the Greenlanders, respectively. Greenland is a vast…

Written By John Bradley The earliest known funeral practices date back to approximately 300,000 years ago, associated with Neanderthals. The term “funeral” derives from the Latin word “funus,” which encompasses…

Written By John Bradley Static electricity was discovered in 600 B.C. by a Greek man by the name of Thales, who learned that when he rubbed a piece of amber…

Written By John Bradley The Yukon is vast, but it’s the smallest of Canada’s three territories. The Yukon covers an area of 186,272 sq. mi (482,443 km sq)—that’s larger than…

Written By John Bradley Contrary to popular belief, the stomach isn’t the main source of food digestion. While mechanical digestion occurs in the stomach, most of the work is done…

Written By John Bradley Indonesia is known for being megadiverse, meaning it has a vast number of different species, many found nowhere else in the world. Just 17 countries have…