The University of Santo Tomas (also known as UST, and officially as Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas, Manila) is a private, Catholic research university in Manila, Philippines. What course is UST known for? About. UST graduates consistently and yearly dominate the top ten in courses with board examsRead More →

Quite simply, at that moment trilobites were the most advanced life forms that Planet Earth had ever produced. Despite their sudden and dramatic appearance in the fossil record, it is obvious that trilobites evolved from earlier, more primitive organisms. Are trilobites older than dinosaurs? On the contrary, the trilobites survivedRead More →

Additionally, Jared was a forefather of Noah and his three sons. Jared’s age was given as 962 years old when he died, making him the second-oldest person mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and the Septuagint. What is the oldest tree in world? The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus Longaeva) hasRead More →

The Appalachian Mountains are much, much older than the Rockies. The Appalachians were created starting 470 million years ago and ending 250 million years ago. During this time, what’s now North America was part of Pangaea. By contrast, the Rockies were formed around 15 million years ago. Which mountain rangeRead More →

Historians think the first string instrument originated from the caveman’s hunting bow and developed over time into early members of the string family. These early string instruments include the zither, lyre, dulcimer, and lute. In which country were string instruments of the violin family invented? The violin, viola, and celloRead More →

The Vedas are older than Puranas: Rig-Veda, the first Veda, was composed and compiled ten thousand years ago during Satya-Yug, the first Era of Truth. Who writes Purana? The Puranas are a group of sacred Hindu literature, supposedly written by the sage Vyasa, that contain myths and genealogies. There areRead More →

That advanced age makes these two bottles the oldest ever offered for sale by Christie’s, though they’re still far from the oldest unopened bottles of wine in the world. … The Speyer wine is probably still safe to drink, though scientists say it likely wouldn’t taste good. Can you drinkRead More →

Australia. One of the most popular sports in Australia is thoroughbred horse racing, with only football and rugby bringing in larger crowds throughout the year. There are more than 300 racecourses in the country, more than any other country in the world, and only the US has more horses startingRead More →

1. Irish is one of the oldest living languages in Europe. It’s an Indo-European language, which means that it evolved from the earliest human languages that were spoken in the Middle East. Its first speakers were early farmers who are believed to have arrived in Ireland as early as 4500BC.Read More →

In 1897 the decision was made to develop a new classification system for the Library of Congress. Charles Martel, chief classifier in the Catalogue Division between 1897 and 1911, oversaw the development of the new system, which was based on the million-volume collections of the Library. Who invented LCC? TheRead More →