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May 20, 2024 · History of HIV/AIDS. False-color scanning electron micrograph of HIV-1, in green, budding from cultured lymphocyte. AIDS is caused by a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which originated in non-human primates in Central and West Africa.
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December 10, Bobbi Campbell is the first to come out...
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Robert Lee Rayford (February 3, 1953 – May 15, 1969),...
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Apr 29, 2024 · “By the 80’s and 90’s, the term was in use in other parts of Florida as well, including Daytona Beach, Ocala, and the Panhandle as far as Pensacola, and even in some other Southern states ...
May 7, 2024 · Say “Cheers!” “Cheers” originated from the old French word chiere which meant “face” or “head.” By the 18th century, it meant “gladness,” and was used as a way of expressing encouragement. Today, “cheers,” is simply a symbolic and succinct way of toasting with the wish of good cheer and good health to those around us – an exercise of camaraderie.
May 9, 2024 · If spotted dick is simply a pudding or dessert, where does the 'dick' part of the name come from? For that answer, we need to go way back to the 19th century when the terms 'dick' and 'dog' came from an English dialect term for a pudding.
2 days ago · Neurodiversity is a framework for understanding human brain function that recognizes the diversity of human cognition as a biological fact. The neurodiversity paradigm argues that diversity in human cognition is normal and that some conditions classified as mental disorders are differences and disabilities that are not necessarily pathological .
4 days ago · The term Indians as applied to Native Americans, or the indigenous peoples of the Americas, is thought to have originated in a misconception on the part of the Europeans who arrived in Central America in 1492.
1 day ago · The first widely used term, homosexual, now a term used primarily in scientific contexts, has at times carried negative connotations in the United States. Gay became a popular term in the 1970s. As lesbians forged more public identities, the phrase gay and lesbian became more common.
