It is difficult to establish a single date for women's first act of suffrage as the movement for women's right to vote is a long and hard battle. It is known that women's first rights to vote were obtained in the united States in the 1860's. It was in... (read more)

This definition of woman as "wombman" is widespread but it is more an unfounded rumour than a fact. The definition of woman provided by the Online Etymology Dictionary... (read more)

It is estimated that 60% of Cubans are catholic despite the fact that Fidel Castro's arrival to power in 1959 meant that 3/4 of priests left the island as Cuba was declared atheist. However, religious practices in cuba are a blend of the African traditions... (read more)

According to Amnesty International, 676 people were executed in 20 countries (except China of which there is no official data) in 2011 and 18750 were sentenced. Although there have been improvements in some countries like China and the United States... (read more)

According to the National Shooting Sports Federation, there has been an 13.5 increase in gun sales with a figure of 815,858 guns sold in 2011.... (read more)

The island of Guam is located southwest of the Mariana Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Particularly, the island can be found off the coast of the... (read more)

It is believed that the earth's deepest point under water is to be found off the coast of the island... (read more)

The US Bureau of Justice estimates that in 2008 there were 846,000 black men in prison, 40% percent of the total population of inmates. It is also said that this number might be higher than the total number of slaves in 1850. It is worth noting that... (read more)

Trayvon Martin was a 17 year old Florida teenager who was shot on the chest by a neighbourhood watch captain George Zimmerman. On a night in February,... (read more)

The Italian writer Antonio Tabucchi was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1943 and died in Lisboa today. Apart from being a writer, he was also an essayist... (read more)