The movie ‘The Batman’ (from 2022), not to be confused with ‘Batman’ (movie from 1966) or with ‘Batman’ (movie from 1989) or with ‘Batman’ (tv series from 1966) or with ‘The Batman’ (animated tv series from 2000) or similar media, shows a Batman, who has, like always, great equipment and is very bold and smart, […]

Interpretation of quintiles were found by later astrologers, but the quintile as a valid aspect was discovered by Johannes Kepler. He was convinced that geometry is the key to understand astronomy as well as astrology. So to look at where the same angles occur could be helpful in understanding astrological aspects. The angle of the […]

From the comment by Low man on the totem pole from July, 12th in 2011 on Jesse Enkamp’s article, I know that teachers in the English culture are addressed as “Mister” and the last name. They are never addressed as “teacher”. This shouldn’t surprise me because the German culture is very similar. Teachers in Germany are […]

Scientists sometimes need obese mice for some experiments. So scientists make mice obese by a diet, which strangely doesn’t make use of the formula for unstoppable appetite, but consists of sixty percent fat. The mice are allowed to eat as much as they want, but don’t get forced to eat. They voluntarily eat so much […]

While WWE Superstar Grayson Waller in last month has been advocating for banning the Mexican Destroyer, some scientists, who published in ‘Nature’, recommended to ban headbutts from American Football. The scientists from Boston University examined brain tissue of some early deceased sportsmen, who played either American Football or soccer. Young sportsmen from these sports, but […]

While I count myself to the Grupo Cativeiro, other capoeiristas could think about this differently. They’d probably say that I don’t belong to any capoeira group because I never received a batizado. I wouldn’t have known how to explain it to my mother (a Catholic) if I went to get baptized. Though the batizado in […]

The protagonist of the movie ‘Karate Tiger’ is an intermediate level karateka. His way to advance further is to get some lessons by the ghost of the already deceased Bruce Lee. The protagonist addresses Bruce Lee as Shīfù (師父), but Bruce Lee immediately demands to get addressed as Dàgē (大哥). Shīfù (traditional: 師父 / simplified: […]

Can’t you stop when you eat sweets or potato chips? The superstitious belief in a mysterious free will doesn’t help you to fight obesity because you simply don’t have enough willpower? This isn’t your fault at all! The food industry knows some tricks for overriding your willpower. Not only ads. The most powerful trick has […]

The ultimate goal in the martial arts is to avoid all fights! The ability to settle things physically provides the confidence to handle things non-physically as Steven Franz greatly explains. (He in the same article also calls martial arts training one of the most popular activities for people of all ages, while other martial artists […]

The Production Code made a special thing possible. The supervillains of the DC universe aren’t too cruel and many of them have understandable motives. So it is possible that some characters change sides. Superheroes very rarely become supervillains and a little bit less rarely do supervillains team up with superheroes. ‘Catwoman’ with Halle Berry as […]