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Gimli, Manitoba, is a remote Canadian town named after a mythical Norse paradise.Settled by Icelandic immigrants in 1875, this community on the shores of Lake Winnipeg maintains a unique cultural identity. From a massive whisky distillery to a harbour that hos…
Gin began as monks' medicine in Salerno, not as a Dutch inventionHolland usually gets the credit, but a juniper-laced tonic wine appears in a Salerno medical compendium from around 1055, brewed by Benedictine monks as a remedy. Six centuries la…
Ginger ale is not an ale, but its origins are surprisingly medicinal and fermented.Forget the mass-produced soda on supermarket shelves. True ginger ale began as a fermented tonic crafted by an Irish apothecary in the 1850s. While modern versions are often just …
Ginni Rometty steered IBM through a massive pivot, but revenue numbers told a different story.As the first woman to lead IBM, Ginni Rometty spent nearly four decades transforming the tech giant. She championed high-growth fields like cloud computing and artificial intellig…
Ginseng sells billions of dollars a year despite no proven health benefitIts Chinese name means 'person root', after the forked, body-like shape of the plant. Ginseng has been prized in Korean and Chinese tradition for centuries and topped $2 billion i…
Giorgio Agamben played the apostle Philip in a Pasolini filmBefore becoming one of the most discussed political philosophers alive, Giorgio Agamben attended Heidegger's seminars, advised the publisher Einaudi alongside Italo Calvino, and a…
Giovanni Ceva proved a foundational triangle theorem while managing the economy of Mantua.Known today for his eponymous theorem on triangle concurrency, Giovanni Ceva was a polymath who balanced high-level mathematics with a career as a government administrator. From h…
Giovanni Giolitti: The Architect of Modern Italy’s Most Controversial Political EraAs Italy’s longest-serving democratically elected prime minister, Giovanni Giolitti mastered the art of political survival. By balancing conservative and progressive forces, he tr…
Giovanni Papini swung from atheist provocateur to bestselling Catholic to FascistFew writers changed sides as often as Giovanni Papini. The Florentine iconoclast declared philosophy dead, cheered Italy into the First World War, converted to Catholicism, wrote …
Giovanni Verga: The Sicilian Master Who Transformed Literature Through Scientific ImpersonalityGiovanni Verga, often cited as Italy's greatest novelist after Manzoni, pioneered verismo—a literary movement that demanded scientific detachment. By adopting the perspective of t…
Giovanni Vigliotto: The man who set a world record for bigamy in the 1980s.This video examines the bizarre legal case of Giovanni Vigliotto, who became infamous for allegedly holding a world record for bigamy. It offers a look at one of the most unusual …
Giraffes may be four species that stopped swapping genes long agoThey are Earth's tallest land mammals and largest ruminants, long treated as one species with nine subspecies. Genome work in twenty twenty-one, backed by twenty twenty-four skull…
Girl entered English as gerle around 1250–1300English picked up girl between 1250 and 1300 from the Anglo-Saxon gerle, also spelled girle or gurle. For two centuries it could mean a child of either sex, and only from about th…
Girl with a Pearl Earring was never meant to be a portrait.Vermeer's most famous face isn't a picture of anyone in particular. It is a 'tronie', a Dutch study of a character in exotic costume. It sold in 1881 for about two guilders. And t…
Girls' Generation turned years of trainee grind into a K-pop landmarkBefore Girls' Generation ever stepped on stage, one member had sat through about 200 auditions and another had trained for five years, left for a rival agency and been recruited b…
Giselle grew from a poet's idea that vengeful ghost brides would make a pretty balletThéophile Gautier read a passage by Heinrich Heine about the Wilis, spirits of brides who died before their weddings and rise at midnight to dance any passing young man to death. …
Gitega: How a former royal seat reclaimed its status as Burundi's political capitalBurundi’s political heart has returned to its historical roots. Once the seat of the kingdom’s monarchs, Gitega was officially reinstated as the nation’s political capital in 2019…
GitHub grew from a bootstrapped side project to a billion code repositoriesGitHub took no outside money for its first four years; its founders paid the bills from revenue. Today it hosts more than a hundred million developers, Microsoft owns it, and in J…
Giulia Grisi was the 19th century's most celebrated soprano and a true operatic icon.Beyond her legendary voice, Giulia Grisi lived a life of high-stakes drama that rivaled the operas she performed. From dueling noblemen to secret affairs and a tumultuous divorce,…
Giuseppe Biancani was a Jesuit astronomer torn between Aristotelian tradition and Galileo's revolutionary discoveries.Giuseppe Biancani, a seventeenth-century Jesuit mathematician, navigated the intense friction between established Aristotelian philosophy and the emerging scientific observations …
Giuseppe Dell'Anno makes history as the first Italian winner of Bake OffThe twelfth series of The Great British Bake Off brought high-stakes precision and complex illusions. From anti-gravity cakes to intricate German Prinzregententorte, the bakers fa…
Giuseppe Meazza: The Italian football genius who played with the flair of a matador.Giuseppe Meazza was more than a striker; he was a cultural icon who led Italy to two consecutive World Cup titles. Known for his flamboyant lifestyle and intoxicating dribbling, h…
Giuseppe Peano gave a lecture that slowly turned Latin into his own languageOn 3 January 1908, the mathematician Giuseppe Peano began addressing the Turin Academy of Sciences in Latin. With each grammar simplification he described, he dropped that feature…
Give a paper strip one half-twist and it loses a sideTape the ends of a paper strip together after a single half-twist and you get a surface with just one side and one edge. Mathematicians described it in 1858, but Roman mosaic make…
Give your indoor plants a day spa to catch problems earlyIndoor plants depend entirely on human care. This segment from Gardening Australia explains why regular check-ups are essential and suggests a pampering routine to help you spot m…
Glacial crevasses are not just ice cracks; they are dynamic, dangerous, and planetary phenomenaA crevasse is more than a simple fissure in the ice. These deep, often hidden fractures act as vital plumbing systems for glaciers, funneling meltwater to the bedrock and accelera…
Glacial till is the unsorted, rocky debris left behind by the world's moving ice.When glaciers grind across the landscape, they act as massive conveyor belts, picking up everything from fine clay to massive boulders. The resulting sediment, known as till, is a…
Glacier National Park's ancient rocks tell a story of life a billion years oldGlacier National Park is a geological time capsule where mountains formed 170 million years ago contain fossils dating back a billion years. Once home to 150 glaciers during the L…
Glaciers are more than just ice; they are Earth's massive, moving climate time capsules.This video explores how glaciers shape our planet's landscape and store vital information about Earth's past and future climate. Discover how these massive, shifting bodies of ice…- Glaciers are not just frozen water; they are powerful, shifting engines of global climate.Glaciology is the study of ice on land, but these massive, flowing structures do more than sit still. They act as a delicate thermostat for the planet, reflecting solar radiation …
Glaciers did not transport the famous bluestones of StonehengeFor over a century, archaeologists have debated how massive stones arrived at England's most iconic monument. While some suggested ancient ice sheets carried them across the lands…
Glaciers work like conveyor belts, and moraines are the piles they leave behindA glacier grinds rock into everything from fine flour to boulders and carries it downhill like freight on a belt. Where the ice pauses, stalls or meets another glacier, it dumps t…
Gladbach's early footballers quarrelled with churchmen over shorts and Sunday matchesBorussia Mönchengladbach, the Foals who ruled German football in the 1970s, began as thirteen restless young men in a pub in 1899. They sheltered for a while inside a Catholic you…
Gladstone was prime minister four times and left office at 84William Gladstone began in Parliament as a High Tory opposed to reform and ended as the embodiment of Victorian Liberalism. He led four separate governments between 1868 and 1894,…
Gladys Smith who co-founded United ArtistsMary Pickford (1892–1979), born Gladys Louise Smith in Toronto, was silent Hollywood’s most beloved star and a power broker who co-founded United Artists in 1919 with Chaplin, Fai…
Glanders: An ancient, fatal, and re-emerging disease that still threatens humans and animals.Caused by the bacterium Burkholderia mallei, glanders is a highly contagious zoonotic disease that primarily strikes horses, donkeys, and mules. While eradicated in many nations, …
Glasgow Airport was built on a site that once served as a naval airbase.Before it became a major international hub, the land at Abbotsinch was a military facility. Today, the airport balances its industrial heritage with modern expansion, despite bein…
Glass founded his ensemble in 1968 and never stopped countingBaltimore-born Philip Glass (b. 1937) is often named among late-twentieth-century music's most influential composers. Additive pulses power operas from Einstein on the Beach (1976…
Glass sponges may be the longest-lived animals on EarthDeep in the ocean, sponges built from glassy silica may live for millennia. Some marine biologists tentatively put their maximum age at up to 15,000 years. These strange animals h…
Glass wool traps air in tiny cells to keep your home warm and quiet.Glass wool is not just spun glass; it is a sophisticated engineering feat that mimics nature. By forcing molten glass through a spinning cup, manufacturers create a web of fibers …- Glastonbury 2023: A historic farewell and a shift in the festival landscapeThe 2023 Glastonbury Festival marked a significant milestone, featuring Elton John's final UK performance as a headliner. Beyond the music, the event introduced inclusive accessib…
Glastonbury Abbey was once England's richest monastery, fueled by legends of Arthur and Avalon.Founded by Britons and later transformed by Saxon and Norman influence, Glastonbury Abbey became a powerhouse of medieval wealth and myth. From its legendary connection to King Ar…
Glauber Rocha: The Brazilian Revolutionary Who Declared Himself the Entire Cinema Novo MovementGlauber Rocha was a firebrand of Brazilian cinema, a filmmaker who turned the camera into a weapon against Third World poverty. He famously claimed to embody his entire artistic m…
Glaucoma steals side vision first, often before anyone notices anything wrongGlaucoma earned the nickname silent thief of sight because it usually erodes vision so gradually that people miss it. Raised pressure inside the eye is the best-known risk, yet ma…
Glee started life as a film idea and ended with 729 songsIan Brennan first imagined his show-choir story as a feature film. Reworked for Fox television with Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, Glee ran from 2009 to 2015, staged more than 729 …
Glen and Friends Cooking is evolving with new content and a fresh directionAfter a six-month hiatus, the creator behind Glen and Friends Cooking explains his return to the studio. He outlines upcoming shifts in his content strategy for the remainder of 2…
Glen Campbell learned guitar on a five-dollar Sears instrument in rural ArkansasGlen Campbell grew up on a cotton farm without electricity, the seventh son among twelve children, playing a five-dollar guitar from Sears. He was on local radio by six. Years lat…
Glencore, the little-known trader behind much of the world's zinc and copperFor decades one Swiss firm quietly handled most of the zinc traded across borders and half of the copper, yet it stayed private and largely out of sight. Only when Glencore floate…
Glendive, Montana, is the smallest television market in the entire United StatesTucked between the Yellowstone River and the Badlands, Glendive is a historic railroad town with a unique media footprint. While it once thrived as a cattle and oil hub, it now ho…
Glenn Branca turned the electric guitar into a symphonic instrument of pure mathematicsBefore he became a titan of the avant-garde, Glenn Branca was a theater experimenter. He eventually abandoned the stage for the raw power of electric guitar ensembles, using volum…
Glenn Close spent fifteen childhood years inside a movement she calls a cultFrom the age of seven, Glenn Close lived in communal centres run by Moral Re-Armament, a movement that decided what she wore and what she could say. She broke free at 22, creditin…
Glenn Curtiss: The Motorcycle Speed Demon Who Built the Foundation of Naval AviationBefore he became a titan of the skies, Glenn Curtiss was the fastest man on earth, setting a world speed record on a V-8 motorcycle in 1907. This relentless tinkerer transitioned …
Glenn Gould made Bach speak in crystalline counterpointCanadian pianist Glenn Gould (1932–1982) became a twentieth-century legend for Bach playing of startling clarity and control. He largely refused Chopin-to-Rachmaninoff Romantic st…
Glenn Maxwell's reverse sweeps make fielding captains run out of fieldersGlenn Maxwell hits cricket balls where fielders are not supposed to need to stand. Reverse sweeps, switch-hit pulls and improvised flicks mean captains struggle to cover every sco…
Gliders fly engine-free for hundreds of kilometres on rising airAround 1005 an English monk named Eilmer strapped on wings, leapt from Malmesbury Abbey and reportedly covered about 200 metres before crashing. He blamed the missing tail. Today'…
Glioblastoma accounts for about half of malignant brain tumorsA review of research on primary brain tumors in adults found that glioblastoma is the most common type, accounting for about 49% of cases. Malignant primary brain tumors affect ro…
Gliomas arise from the brain's support cells, not the nerve cells themselves.While nerve cells conduct impulses, the brain's most abundant cells are glial cells, which provide vital support and nourishment. When these cells undergo DNA changes that cause t…
Global anxiety disorder cases rose by over 55 percent since 1990Researchers analyzing three decades of global health data estimated that about 301 million people, or 4.05% of the world's population, had an anxiety disorder in 2019. The number …
Global assessment of nitrate pollution in groundwater and current removal technologiesA comprehensive review of 292 global sites found that groundwater is increasingly contaminated by nitrates due to human activities. Researchers identified that while surface water…
Global biodiversity loss rates show no significant recent reductionResearchers who compiled 31 global indicators found that the rate of biodiversity loss is not slowing down. While some local successes were observed in areas like protected land c…