🕋 Kaaba emoji
The Kaaba emoji 🕋 displays the Kaaba, a black, cube-shaped building located in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Kaaba is the most sacred pilgrimage site by followers of Islam. As a result, the…
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🕌 Mosque emoji
The Mosque emoji 🕌 depicts a mosque, a Muslim house of worship. It is commonly used to represent mosques, Muslims, and Islam in general. The Mosque emoji 🕌 sees increased use during Muslim religious observances,… -
🍺 Beer Mug Emoji
The Beer Mug emoji 🍺 depicts a mug full of frosty beer. It is commonly used to represent beer and other alcoholic beverages, bars, night clubs, parties, drunkenness, and good times. It overlaps in usage… -
breakthrough case
A breakthrough case is an instance in which a person becomes sick with a disease despite having received the vaccine for that disease. In other words, the vaccine fails to prevent the person from becoming… -
Japanese Words That Grab The Olympics Limelight
The 2021 Olympics closed August 8 and the Summer Paralympics ended Sept. 5, and while we did enjoy the athletic feats on display, it eventually came time to say sayonara. Do you know why? Well, both the Summer Olympic Games and Paralympics, a multi-sport event that draws athletes with disabilities from more than 100 countries, took place in the island nation of Japan. Sayonara is one way …
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Hidilyn Diaz
Hidilyn Diaz is a weightlifter who became the first-ever athlete representing the Philippines to win a gold medal. Diaz won the medal in the women’s 55 kilogram (121-pound) weightlifting category during the Summer Olympics in… -
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♌ Leo emoji
The Leo emoji ♌ depicts the sign of Leo, a constellation, and one of the 12 zodiac signs in astrology. It is commonly used to represent Leo, people whose zodiac sign is Leo, and astrology… -
🦁 Lion emoji
The Lion emoji 🦁 depicts the face of a lion. It is commonly used to represent real and fictional lions, things named after lions, the zodiac sign Leo in astrology (represented by the Leo emoji… -
Treat Yourself To The Origins Of 11 Food Toponyms
Few things travel across borders as easily as food recipes and ingredients. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that there are so many foods named from where they originally come from. Sometimes the name comes from a specific ingredient like a fruit or vegetable that’s grown in a place, like Sichuan peppers or Fuji apples, while other times the name comes from a …
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