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A study of the facts about the conch shell shows that in 1398, it was used to refer to all sea creatures with shells. However, its discovery and use is much older than that. In Mayan art, the conch was depicted as an ink container. The American aboriginals used it as an ornament. The Conch Shell as Food The conch shell’s meat can be consumed raw when eaten with salads. It can also be cooked and eaten like hamburgers. Some people find the white meat to be the most delicious part. Some East Asian culinary cuisines chop it into lean slices. It is fried or steamed. Other food facts about the conch shell will show it is eaten with soups in the West Indies. It is also a popular dish in the Bahamas. In Guam the meat is dipped in soy sauce and flavored with hot sauce or peppers. In El Salvador, the meat is flavored with onion, lemon juice and other species. In Puerto Rico it is flavored with orange juice and eaten raw. Other Uses Conch has been used as a musical instrument for a long time....

Mercury, be it the element or the planet, is quite elusive when it comes to its discoverer. But at least, as far as who discovered mercury the element is concerned, there’s a name worth mentioning. The First Unnamed Discoverers The Babylonians, among the first people groups of early civilization, is credited to be the first to put on record the use of the element mercury. This was some 3000 years ago when it was mixed freely with other products. It was then sometimes added in creams and ointments in dangerous proportions because it was not yet known then as a chemical element. At times poisoning was the result. The discovery of mercury as an element was in the 18th century. Incidentally, at about the same time, also 3000 years ago, the Sumerians discovered the planet Mercury. Like the Babylonians who discovered mercury and put in many records but not as an element, the Sumerians recorded the planet mercury quite a lot. It could be said that both element and planet had probably started...

The archaeopteryx is also called by the name Urvogel, which is a German word that means first bird or original bird. According to the history of science, it is so far the most primitive type of bird known today. It lived approximately 145 to 150 million years ago, specifically during the latter parts of the Jurassic Period. It was discovered in Germany, the shape and size of which are similar to that of European magpies. In addition to these highly interesting details, it is also good to know who discovered the archaeopteryx. The Discovery of the Archaeopteryx Who discovered the archaeopteryx? A German paleontologist named Christian Erich Hermann von Meyer first discovered this primitive form of bird. In 1860, he unearthed a single feather, which is still preserved at Germany’s Humboldt Museum fur Naturkunde in the city of Berlin. However, this feather has yet to be directly connected to the other archaeopteryx skeletons that were found close in the area. In 1861, a local physician by...

The Discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls The famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in 1947 in Qumran by a group of Bedouin goat herders. Qumran is located just a kilometer from the Dead Sea. While looking for a stray goat there, the herders wandered into a cave. They found a set of jars containing old manuscripts. Recognizing some value in this strange find, the Bedouin sold them to a shoemaker named Kando. Kando specialized in the buying and selling of antiquities. Of the seven jars that he’d bought, he sold three of them to Eleazar Sukenik of the Hebrew University. He then sold the other four to Mar Athansius, a member of the Syrian Orthodox monastery. Athansius later brought his scrolls to American School of Oriental Research. Not long adter that, western scholars gathered around the Dead Sea Scrolls like fireflies around light. Read more VN:F [1.9.17_1161]please wait...Rating: 7.5/10 (2 votes cast)

Also called by the name Alpert’s syndrome, Apert syndrome is a congenital disease wherein the feet, hands, face and skull of the patient are suffering from malformations. This disorder is primarily a form of acrocephalosyndactyly. The areas usually affected by this branchial arch syndrome are the mandible, the precursor of the maxilla and the first branchial arch. To have a clearer picture of this disease, it is good to know who discovered Apert syndrome. Read more VN:F [1.9.17_1161]please wait...Rating: 0.0/10 (0 votes cast)