Wednesday, March 29, 2023

History of the Desert Eagle

 The desert eagle, a classic "hand cannon" (used in CSGO and many other games), first made in 1979 was supposed to be used as a gas-powered semi-automatic pistol.

The basic design was patented in 1980, with working prototypes made a year later, it was completed under a contract with the Israel Military Industries. 

The earliest variant is the Mark 1 which used the .357 mag, but the design finally was perfected in 1968 which was the first semi-auto handgun that could chamber the .44 mag.
Used in Arnolds Schwarzenegger Comando, but the Mark 1 was mainly used in movies before the 1990s.

Then the mark XIX came out and it was really good, movies used it including the Maxtrix trilogy. 

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Marshal Islands

Named after John Marshsal

Located in Micronesia and is made of 29 coral Attols. Which are like very narrow islands. And the pacific ocean is filled with them, and in some places even go for a few meters in width.

And the capital Majuro.

Also, the USA colonized this country and did nuclear tests on these islands in later years. To Help with the obvious nuclear radiation, the US made a "cactus" dome,  it is not recommended to visit as the radiation.

The Marshal islands rely on rainwater as their main water source. 

54,000 people live here, and half live in Majuro.

The USD is their currency.


Friday, March 24, 2023

Malta

 Most people know Malta for the Maltese Dog, as it is one of the best therapy dogs in the world.

Movies like Gladiator, Troy, Captain Phillips, and Game of Thrones, were shot here as most of the country is a living and breathing museum with many old buildings.

The capital is Valetta which has over 300 monuments and to UNESCO the most concentrated historical area on the planet.

Most of the buildings here are made of beige and tan Mediterranean limestone. 

They have Magaliths older than the pyramids of Giza. They have 

They have a Popeye village, which was built for the Popeye movie but after filming they just left it there. 

Also, they like to eat rabbits.

450,000 people and it is one of the most densely packed countries (thanks to its land size).

Euro as currency.



History of the Flea market

The Flea market was named after the tiny bloodsucking Fleas.

Usually used for second-hand items, the difference between Flea marketing and street vending is that Flea markets often have more than one stall.

Although the meaning has existed for millennia, according to a theory, it is said that a "Fly Market", in 18th century New York City, located in Maiden Lane. 
Going along with "Marché aux puces", which means Market with fleas. As it is speculated that the reason why it was named is that Fleas liked to hide and infest old furniture being sold at the "Flea" markets.

The Chatuchak Weekend Market is world-famous and has a reputation for being one of the largest markets (in general) in Asia that sells almost any commodity. 


Biology pt 2: Feedback

 The reason why the human body is telling you to go into the shade and making you produce sweat to try to cool down the body.

Homeostasis is to maintain internal conditions despite external conditions, which often use negative feedback loops. A Stimulus (the hot sun) is something that will cause a change in internal conditions, Detection (detecting the hot sun) is detecting what happened during the stimulus. The Response is to respond to the Hot weather and causes your body to sweat.
Named Thermoregulation.

Osmoregulation, Sameon spend half their lives in freshwater, and the other half in salt water, since the fish is used to say salt water, they cannot be jumped straight into fresh water, as the change in environment can damage or even kill them. 

Positive feedback loops are much different from Negative feedback loops, as they amplify stimuli instead. 

Monday, March 20, 2023

Minhaj al Muslim By Sh Tariq Appleby pt: 9

Nothing can protect you from the day of Judgement.

Muslims often don't follow Allah because of "science".

Muslims are meant to protect and help each other. For example, when a Muslim country was at the war, other Muslim countries came to help by giving aid, or by giving money to help with war times.

Part of Imam is such as removing something harmful from the path, say a big log in the middle of a country road.

Muslims are meant to look after each other as if a fellow Muslim is lacking in sleep such as sleeping a 2am and waking up at 4am a Muslim should advise that fellow Muslim to get some sleep.


Sunday, March 19, 2023

Mali

 In the olden days, Mali had the wealthiest person in the world named Mansa Musa as they could not even capture the amount of gold he had, and he was known to crash the county's economy by himself.

Bamako is their capital.

The Niger river is important in their country. As their entire country depends on the river.

Gold is about 80% of the exports.

18 million population.

West African CFA Franc as their currency.


Monday, March 13, 2023

Minhaj al Muslim By Sh Tariq Appleby pt: 8

Learn the things that are important. Such as the Quran and Sunnah.

 Wealth and fame are special if you are very successful or very famous, you might not be a good Muslim (who prays on time, who fasts).

If you are only doing what you do because of your parents, or if you are doing what you are doing because of money. It is important to do things for the sake of Allah.

You are accountable for yourself. So you can't blame other people for your sins.


Saturday, March 11, 2023

Youth Talk Class: 12

Allah shows us mercy, and he sent the prophet Muhammad as a sign of mercy.


For people who show mercy, Allah will show mercy to them.





Friday, March 10, 2023

History of Ceramic

 Ceramic dates back to 28,000 BCE, and around thr same time in China in the Xianrendong cave when fragments of pots were found, it spreaded until Japan as pieces of ceramic were found dating back to 14,000 BCE.

 In 9,000 BCE ceramics and pottery were used to store water and food, then it spread to europe.

Firing or heating up the clay to below 1000 degrees celsius.

In the beginning of the bronze age, glazed pottery was being made in Medopotania.

Ceramics were used as an art form methods used with special and specific ways to shape and color the ceramic paintings.

The Chinese were the first to make klins that could operate at 1350 degrees.

During the 15th century, the europians made a furnace dubbed a "blast furnace" which could reach temperatures of 1500 degrees celsius, (also used in melting metal into bars).

After WW2, ceramics are usd in aerospace, electronics and much more.

As of 2023 it has become over 1.1 trillion dollar industry.



Grammar ep 2: The Noun

Concrete and Abstract nouns.

Concrete nouns are together or grown, or something physical, and Abstract is like away or drawn, or not physical.

Sadness is not considered an abstract noun as it is not physical.

A chair would be counted as concrete as it is a physical thing that we can measure/hold.


Science of Relaxation

Even if you are "relaxed" your body is not. 

Your body is always on high alert your body is important to keep yourself alive, just try living without your brain working, or your heart stops, what would happen oh wait, I know. You would definitely, die.

So if you stretch on your bed before going to sleep and being "relaxed", you are, just your body is not.


Maldives

 It is one of the lowest counties in the world and is known for honeymoon destinations.

The Maldives is made of 26 vertical atolls and around 1200 islets, but even with a large amount of space, only 185 of them are inhabited.

Capital Male (pronounced Maaaleee) with a population of half the country lives.

The largest island is 8km long and 3.4 km wide.

The male is about 6 sq KM so if you zoom in it looks like a regular packed city. 

Known for their water bungalows, for around 10-30k USD.

100 species of coral. 145 crabs, and lots of fish.

450 thousand population, and one of the less populated counties in Asia.

Maldivian Rufiyaa is their currency.

Dehivehi is their language.



Wednesday, March 8, 2023

The science of sleep paralysis

Sleep paralysis happens in the rapid eye movement or REM sleep as it is named, in this stage you are likely to have dreams, and the body prevents your muscles from moving to help stop your body from acting dreams out and substantially hurting yourself. 
Sleep paralysis is when you wake up while this REM sleep is happening and thus you feel like your body is locked and cannot move. 

But this may not happen to only sleeping people, as people have reported that they have gotten sleep paralysis while being fully awake.

One of the things reported while having sleep paralysis is hallucinations, which is usually part of dreams. 

Eswatini (Swaziland)

Eswatini used to be known as Swaziland but now is Eswatini, so that's cool.

It is the second smallest Mainland African county. 

Strangely the largest city (Mbabane) is not the main capital, that title goes to Manzini. 

The Hlane national park is known to have the largest population of nesting vultures in the world.

They are famous for making Ngwenya glass, a type of glass that is most commonly molded into animals.

And Swazi candles are very pretty-looking candles with a colorful marble type of texturing.

1.4 million people. And 40% of the population is under 14 years old.

South African rand as their currency.

And the lowest age expectancies in the world at 50 yrs. 

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Malawi

 The capital is Lilongwe.

Most of Lake Malawi belongs to them since it is their country is named after this lake.  

Even though they do have not much of the GDP they still have "decent roads".

The Shire river connects to the Zambezi with is in Zimbabwe.

Lake Malawi holds more species of fish than any more than country about 1000 fish species, and it is the 3rd largest lake in Africa.

They also have a Brewery for the national beer of Denmark (Carlsberg) and are the only country that this brewer outside of Denmark.

The top 5 poorest countries in the world. 

18 million people.

Malawian Kuacha as their currency.


history of the Creampuff

 Creampuffs originated in France, but they were made in the US in 1800.

The Brooklyn Evening star mentioned that hundreds of creampuffs were sold each day in Brooklyn.

But the most famous creampuffs come from Beard papa's hailing from Japan, it started out as a small bakery and now they have over 400 stores in at least 15 countries.

Mainly eaten in the 13th century as a cheese-filled pastry from the Victorian age.

There are many types of creampuffs, such as the Chous, puff, profiterole, and bun, all with different ways to prep and make, making a different creampuff.