In the United states and Canada trick or treating had been going on since the 1950. Children dress up in costumes and say the phrase trick or treat. In the middle ages poor people from Britain and Ireland would go '' Souling'' . They would go from door to door asking for food in exchange of a prayer for the dead on all souls day. Scotland created wearing costumes in the late 19th centurys this is called Guising. children tryed to prevent evil spirits from hurting them by dressing like them. They held turnips made into lanterns and asked for treats. Imagrant sbrought these local customs to North America.
It all started in World War ll when all the men went off to the army to fight. There was noone working in the facteries so the women started to. The women were called " Rosie the Riveter". It was inspired song of that name by Redd Evans and John Jacob Loeb. The song reconized the hard work these women were doing. This started all lot of girl power. rosie Will Monroe was assoiciated with the song. After the war many women went back to working in thier homes. But some stayed in the facterioes.
BASE jumping is like skydiving but way more dangerous. Heres why BASE jumping is more dangerous BASE jumping is when you jump off a mountain or a high point on the earth. Skydiving you jump out of an airplane. The airplane is high in the sky and your parachutes activate when you reach 2,000 feet in elavations . But BASE jumping your jumping off something that is 2,000 feet tall or smaller. Patrick de Gayardon invented the wing suit. The wing suit has extra materail that catches air so you go more quicker. If you are wearing a wikng suit you can go as fast as 140 miles per hour. 300 people have died during BASE jumping and 260 have been thru the 2000. A fun fact is base is a acranim of what thrill jumpers usally jump off of Buildings Antennas Span(bridges) Earth
It was the evening of September 28 2018. When a earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 happened. 1,747 homes collapsed. The earthquake resulted in a tsunami warning. The BMKG decided that there would be no tsunami. Palu residents that weren't affected went to the beach for a get to gather. Then huge waves started to hit the shoreline. At 7:58 the gigantic wave of 18-foot cleaning up everything in it's path. 1,400 residents died including 86 kids. The survivors have to deal with the aftermath that results in all the stores gone most homes are gone also and very little food. The Indonesians are thriving for the necessities
Why do Zebras have stripes? There is lots of theory's to that question. Some think that when zebra's are in herds that it makes them look like an illusion to make it harder to pick out one zebra. others think that the more stripes you have the more hot of climate your in because they think that there stripes cool them down so if your in a hotter place your going to need more coolness. they also think it's because of the bite flies. Bite flies don't like to land on striped surfaces.
A pangolin is like a scaly ant eater. When pangolins' are threatened they tuck into a tight ball. You can find pangolins' in Africa and Asia. Pangolins' are endangered because they are using them for medicines. They eat ants and termites. Pangolins' average the size of a cat to a large armadillo. The pagolin is a mammal. it is the only mammal covered in scales.
Airlaner 10 is made out of helium which makes it float. This three day cruise is the definition of luxurious. This cruise is taking you to places that have never been discovered before. They pilots -promise you'll get a birds eye view. Before they can start taking trips they have to fly incident free for 200 hours. they have tested it many times before and it's crashed. But recently it has been incident free. This cruise can hold up to 19 passengers so it will be pretty quiet.
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