Speech Materals 844 Behold the balaclava: Why a 19th-century army accessory has taken over social media
Scroll through Instagram, TikTok or Pinterest this winter and you'll see thousands of youthful faces framed inside what ...
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Speech Materals 843 History of Christmas Trees
The history of Christmas trees goes back to the symbolic use of evergreens in ancient Egypt and Rome and continues with ...
Speech Materals 842 Time Person of the Year: Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, named most influential of 2021
Time magazine has named CEO of Tesla and SpaceX Elon Musk as Person of the Year. "Person of the Year is a marker of infl...
Speech Materals 841 According to our Google searches, 2021 was about getting better
The results are in: This past year, people wanted to get better. That's what is clear from Google's annual "Year in Sear...
Speech Materals 840 Spain’s social way to ‘cool off’
When the sun goes down in the Spanish town of Algar, people gather on chairs outside their doorsteps to catch up with fr...
Speech Materals 839 Delhi pollution: What’s causing poor air quality?
India's capital Delhi has experienced some of its worst levels of pollution in many years this winter. It's been blamed ...
Speech Materals 838 These are the world’s most expensive cities in 2021
All over the world, it's been a tough year on wallets. Supply-chain blockages and changing consumer demand have pushed u...
Speech Materals 837 Top 5 health benefits of miso
Miso means ‘fermented beans’ in Japanese. A traditional ingredient in Japanese and Chinese diets, miso paste is made fro...