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The history of Titanic

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On April 10th, 1912, the liner "Titanic", the luxurious ship they called unsinkable left Southampton on the first voyage to New York. The passengers were the mixture of the world's rich people in their magnificent first class accomodation, and also immigrants packed into steerage. The ship was believed to be so safe that she carried only 20 lifeboats, enough for only half of 2,235 passengers and crew. On the evening of April 14th, there was no wind and the sea was calm. The band were playing as the rich enjoyed their evening meal. At 9.40 p.m nearby ships warned of icebergs. However, the messages were not delivered. The owner of the ship who was on the board encouraging the captain to go faster to beat the record for crossing the Atlantic. Finally, a look-out on the bridge sounded the alarm but it was too late. At 11.40 p.m the Titanic struck an iceberg. Passengers felt only a slight bump and carried on dancing and dining. After all, this ship was unsinkable. In fact, t

The Trojan Horse

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The Greeks and the Trojans had been at war for ten years. The exhausted Greek army was camped outside the city of Troy, when the Greek king Odysseus suddently had a good idea. He knew that horses were sacred animals to the Troyans so he decided to build a huge, hollow wooden horse on wheels. A horse big enough for some of his soldiers to hide inside. The horse was duly built and some of the soldiers climbed inside. The others set fire to the camp and pretended they were going to sail back home to Greece, defeated. In fact they hid nearby. The Trojans, delighted that the Greeks had left, immediately came out of the city gates and found the horse. They were very curious indeed. As part of the plan, the Greeks had left behind one soldier hiding near the horse. The Trojans soon found him and asked him about the horse. He said it was an offering to the goddness Athena. The Trojan tried to pull the huge horse into the city. However, it was so big that they had to tear down part of th

The theory of the unconscious mind

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"The mind is like an iceberg, it floats with one-seventh of its bulk above water" Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was born in Austria. He developed the technique of psychoanalysis in his treatment of patients with mental disorders. His most famous book, "The Interpretation of Dreams" was published in 1900. Freud argued that we all have an unconscious mind as well as a conscious one. The unconscious in where our motivations originate and our fears are buried. Memories, especially from childhood, have a huge influence on the way we are now, but we are unaware of their significance. We deny or resist becoming conscious of these motives. Freud's proposals came when strict scientific methods were seen as the only way to discover truth. By introducing the notion of the unconscious, Freud undermined the belief that we are in control of our actions, thoughts and behavious all the time. He is commonly referred to as "the father of psychoanalysis" and his

Ten facts about Meghan Markle's wedding dress

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The dress chosen by  Meghan Markle  during her wedding with Prince Harry is  surely the most discussed type of cloths of the year. T he stunning, timeless dress in which  the 36-year-old Markle finally stood on the steps of St George's Chapel in Windsor   was the Claire Waight Keller's handiwork, who is artistic director of Parisian fashion house Givenchy. 1. Meghan's veil was embroidered with the national flowers of each of the 53 commonwealth countries. 2. The crops of wheat were blended with the flowers which symbolised love and charity. 3. The veil was decorated with the poppy of California (it represented Meghan's place of birth), and with a wintersweet, a flower that grows in Harry and Meghan's garden at Kensington Palace. 4.Hundreds of hours were spent to sew the flowers on the veil. 5. The veil which was carried by the sons of Meghan's best friend Jessica Mulroney was almost 8 meter long. 6. Meghan Markle's bouquet included flowers p

The father of modern science

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"All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them"  Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) was born in Pisa, Italy. He spent years observing the movements of the planets through a telescope. At the time it was generally thought that the earth was the centre of the universe. Galileo believed, as Copernicus had done seventy years before, that the earth rotated on its axis once daily and traveled round the sun once every year. At the time, this was a fantastic concept and considered as dangerous by the Church who had told: "The proposition that the sun is in the centre of the world is absurd, philosophically false and heretical; it is contrary to Holy Scriptures" In 1633 he was considered guilty of heresy and spent the final years of life imprisoned in his own home. Galileo is referred as 'the father of modern science'. He paved the way for the separation of science and religion.

How Meghan Markle and Prince Harry broke royal traditions

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During the wedding a lot of royal traditions were broken. Fortunately, these changes were acceptable by the Queen. Number one: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry changed a lot over the Saturday wedding which was held at St. George's Chapel. The biggest break to royal protocol: the couple held hands during the ceremony—which is traditionally forbidden. Number two: On May 19th, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will wed at St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. Traditionally, most royal couples get married at the capital's Westminster Abbey (for example, Prince William and Kate Middleton did it in 2011). This choice of venue isn't a full break rule from royal protocol—they followed a number of royal couples who walked down at the Windsor Castle. For instatnce, Harry's cousin, Peter Phillips and his wife Autumn Kelly were married at St. George's Chapel in 2008. Harry's father, Prince Charles, and stepmother, Camilla Parker Bowles, had a special blessing cer

The Royal Wedding 2018

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married on May 19th, 2018. The decision to have a wedding on a Saturday was against tradition because usually royal weddings take place during a week. On the morning, 19th, it was announced that the Queen has given a Dukedom on Prince Henry of Wales. His titles is now Duke of Sussex, Earl of Dumbarton and Baron Kilkeel. Prince Harry is His Royal Highness The Duke of Sussex, and Markle has become Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Sussex. The marriage of Prince Harry and Markle took place in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle. They became the 16th royal couple to celebrate their marriage at Windsor Castle since 1863. The Queen has given a permission for the ceremony in the place which seats approximately 800 people. Everything was paid for by the royal family. On the morning of the wedding, Meghan Markle's mother, Doria Ragland, accompanied her to Windsor Castle. Markle's father, Thomas Markle, wasn't at the wedding