Music & Art

If you look at it it seems completely incomprehensible with all the frets and strings. But is guitar hard to learn?

October 20, 2021

Were there music videos before MTV?

August 25, 2021

The chromatic scale – Is there any divine, or universal reason why the scale of a keyboard is precisely 12 notes, and not 11 or 13?

June 22, 2021

Theremin – Can you play music just by moving your hands in the air?

June 14, 2021

Health & Welfare

Is it true that you can catch a cold if you get cold?

Is it true that you can catch a cold if you get cold? Can you catch a cold from being cold and wet? The common cold is a viral infection of the upper respiratory tract. Around the world, there are more than 15 billion cases annually. Statistically, every person on earth catches it twice a … Read more

haunted places

The legendary Inunaki Village – If you go there, will you ever come out again?

Inunaki Village The legendary Inunaki Village, Japan – If you go there, will you ever come out again? The Inunaki tunnel Sometime in the early 1970s, a young couple was driving up the slopes of the Inunaki ridge. They were heading for Hisayama on the other side of the mountain, and to get there from … Read more

History

Did the German, French, and British troops on the western front in 1914 join in a spontaneous ceasefire directly on the battlefield to celebrate Christmas?

Did the German, French, and British troops on the western front in 1914 join in a spontaneous ceasefire directly on the battlefield to celebrate Christmas? World War I The truce at Christmas 1914 The first World War lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. It was one of the largest and deadliest conflicts … Read more

Eat & Drink

Surströmming – The stinkiest food on the planet.

Surströmming Surströmming, salted fermented Baltic herring… Is it the stinkiest food in the world? What is surströmming? It is a Swedish fish-specialty, regarded as one of the smelliest and most disgusting foods in the world. You buy them in tin cans, and eat them cold. Surströmming is made from small herrings from the Baltic sea, … Read more

Music and Art

The chromatic scale – Is there any divine, or universal reason why the scale of a keyboard is precisely 12 notes, and not 11 or 13?

The chromatic scale Is there any divine, or universal reason why the chromatic scale of a keyboard is precisely 12 notes, and not 11 or 13? … And why are they organized in that specific way… With 7 whites and 5 blacks? It has something to do with the physical laws, something to do with … Read more

Science

Is E=mc2 wrong?

Is the world’s most famous equation, Albert Einstein’s E=mc², completely wrong? E=mc2 is wrong, or is it? The E=mc² equation is the most famous ever, by the most famous of all physicists in the history of man. The combination is a bulls-eye of universal dimensions. It doesn’t get any better than that. If you know … Read more