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Subterranean fiction is a subgenre of speculative fiction, science fiction, or fantasy which focuses on fictional underground settings, sometimes at the center of the Earth or otherwise deep below the surface. The genre is based on, and has in turn influenced, the Hollow Earth theory. The earliest works in the genre were Enlightenment -era ...
A virtual world (also called a virtual space) is a computer-simulated environment [ 1] which may be populated by many simultaneous users who can create a personal avatar [ 2] and independently explore the virtual world, participate in its activities, and communicate with others. [ 3][ 4] These avatars can be textual, [ 5] graphical ...
Yogscast Limited, [1] also known as The Yogscast, is a British entertainment company based in Bristol that primarily produces video gaming-related videos on YouTube and Twitch, and also operates the Yogscast multi-channel network for affiliated content creators.
Real Life are an Australian new wave and synth-pop [1] band that achieved international chart success with their 1983 singles "Send Me an Angel" and "Catch Me I'm Falling", both of which were taken from their debut studio album, Heartland (1983). The band originally consisted of David Sterry (lead vocals and guitar), Richard Zatorski (keyboards ...
Richard William Seale's map of 1744, showing Roche Island and noting its discovery in 1675. The island of South Georgia was first sighted and visited in April 1675 by Anthony de la Roché, a London merchant and (despite his French name) an Englishman, who spent a fortnight in one of the island's bays. [5]
Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily.Two members of British intelligence obtained the body of Glyndwr Michael, a tramp who died from eating rat poison, dressed him as an officer of the Royal Marines and placed personal items on him identifying him as the fictitious Captain (Acting Major) William ...
A marker on the Long Wharf in Boston serves as a reminder of the active role of Boston in the slave trade, with details about the Middle Passage [ 1]. The Middle Passage was the stage of the Atlantic slave trade in which millions of enslaved Africans [ 2] were transported to the Americas as part of the triangular slave trade.
World War Zero. Former U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. World War Zero is an American coalition launched by John Kerry in 2019 to fight the climate crisis. [1] The main goal of the coalition is to hold more than ten million “climate conversations” in 2020 with citizens across the political spectrum .