Bechdel test ( en.wikipedia.org )
More fun reading about the representation of women in film.
Women in refrigerators ( en.wikipedia.org )
Women in refrigerators is a literary trope coined by Gail Simone in 1999 describing a trend in fiction which involves female characters facing disproportionate harm, such as death, maiming, or assault, to serve as plot devices to motivate male characters, an event colloquially known as "fridging" (originating from the gruesome...
Huma bird ( en.wikipedia.org )
Multiple sexual ornaments ( en.wikipedia.org )
Lynn Conway was an icon rule ( en.wikipedia.org )
Katar (dagger) ( en.wikipedia.org )
Banana republic ( en.wikipedia.org )
Hippocampus ( en.wikipedia.org )
"The hippocampus (pl.: hippocampi; via Latin from Greek ἱππόκαμπος, 'seahorse') is a major component of the brain of humans and other vertebrates. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the brain. The hippocampus is part of the limbic system, and plays important roles in the consolidation of...
Infrasound ( en.wikipedia.org )
The Capitalist Manifesto: Why the Global Free Market Will Save the World ( en.wikipedia.org )
I wonder whether the author discussed the horrors of 19 century capitalism, since he despises "tariff barriers, building regulations and confiscatory taxes".
Laser Kiwi flag ( en.wikipedia.org )
Defenestration ( en.wikipedia.org )
Demon core ( en.wikipedia.org )
Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá ( en.wikipedia.org )
Parliamentary snuff box ( en.wikipedia.org )
Vegetable Lamb of Tartary ( en.wikipedia.org )
Blue raspberry flavor ( en.wikipedia.org )
Cox–Zucker machine ( en.wikipedia.org )
Morning Glory cloud ( en.wikipedia.org )
TIL that King Norodom Sihamoni of Cambodia is the only ruling monarch in the world to be fluent in Czech. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dbvzoz/til_that_king_norodom_sihamoni_of_cambodia_is_the/...
TIL Kaninhoppning also known as Rabbit agility, is a sport where rabbits are led through a course by their owners, similar to horse show jumping. It began in Sweden in the early 1970s. ( en.wikipedia.org )
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1dboh8h/til_kaninhoppning_also_known_as_rabbit_agility_is/...