How many facial expressions can horses make?
Researchers identified 17 distinct facial movements in horses, more than they found in chimpanzees, which shows how expressive horse faces really are.
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What started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks' arrest on December 1, 1955, for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white man sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted 381 days.
Who refused to give up her bus seat before Rosa Parks?
Nine months before Rosa Parks, 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, for refusing to give up her bus seat.
How many people attended the March on Washington?
About 250,000 people attended the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.
Was the "I Have a Dream" section of King's speech planned?
The famous "I have a dream" section of Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech was largely improvised after gospel singer Mahalia Jackson called out for him to tell the crowd about the dream.
What were the Greensboro sit-ins?
On February 1, 1960, four Black college students sat at a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, starting a wave of peaceful sit-ins across the South.
Who was Ruby Bridges?
In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to integrate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans, escorted by federal marshals.
What did Brown v. Board of Education decide?
In Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, the US Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
The Civil Rights Act of 1964, signed by President Lyndon Johnson, outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin and ended legal segregation in public places.
What did the Voting Rights Act of 1965 do?
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 banned discriminatory voting practices like literacy tests, which had been used to keep Black Americans from voting.
How old was Martin Luther King Jr. when he won the Nobel Peace Prize?
Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 at age 35, making him the youngest winner at the time.
What was the Seneca Falls Convention?
The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention in New York was the first women's rights convention in the US, and it launched the American women's suffrage movement.
Why do theremin players have to stay so still?
A theremin responds to the electrical properties of the player's body, so even small movements can change the sound.
How do sea stars move?
Sea stars move using hundreds of tiny tube feet.
What is vinyasa?
Krishnamacharya helped develop vinyasa, a style of yoga that links movement with breath.
How did Stephen Hawking speak?
Stephen Hawking communicated using a computer he controlled with a sensor that detected movement in his cheek.