The first is about accepting or not accepting terrorist groups as their work. At the end of January 2019, there were two terrorist attacks in the southern Philippines, the first of which was a church bomb that killed at least 20 people, and a few days later there were attacks on a mosque and two religious leaders
“Loss” First, a terrorist group immediately came out to accept it as the work of their group. But after that, until now, no one came out to receive him. The question is why? “Loss” sometimes people come out to accept. But sometimes no one comes out to admit it? Academic studies are trying to find this answer.
Erin Kearns from the University of Alabama studied 102,914 terrorist incidents between 1998 and 2016 in 160 countries and found an interesting pattern.
In other words, he found that there were attacks that resulted in low numbers of deaths, such as in the case of the Philippines where mosques tend to go unnoticed, and attacks on barracks that resulted in mass deaths that no other group will come out to accept them too Only the middle numbers with around 100 deaths are often accepted.
Why do terrorist groups accept when numbers are in the middle and keep quiet when there are very few or very low deaths? He explained that if she died less and came out to receive him. The common people will see it as a “sparrow” group that fails by amateurs.
If a death is serious or a serious attack Terrorists fear that it will cause a strong backlash from the government or local people, and killing a few people by the government can be tolerable. But if there is a brutal killing a large number of people will endanger the survival of the group.
However, in the case of terrorism in developing countries that are not rich and whose governments are ineffective, violent terrorism and mass deaths are possible. because they realize that the government has limited resources It is difficult to investigate and expel their group.
When terrorist groups are concerned about their own survival, large-scale attacks usually do not occur, but with the exception of 9-11, it leads to its end. The monstrous violence eventually comes back to attack the militants themselves, until almost all of their conspirators and executioners are killed.
Erin Kearns’ study has given us a better understanding of the nature of terrorism and how we can deal with it. “Loss” However, the conditions of each attack are different because when there are many terrorist groups, there are many ideas. Her findings are only average in the overall picture of terrorist behaviour.
The second story is about carrots that were originally white before turning orange today. In the past, people planted carrots for their leaves and seeds, much like cilantro and parsley, which are distant relatives.
Carrots originated in present day Iran and Africa. Carrots contain around 32,000 genes in total, with the two genes responsible for the ocher coloration alpha and beta-carotene.
Scientists believe that farmers The earliest days of carrot cultivation led to the unintended appearance of brightly colored carrots. That is, when breeding so that it has a different color. Inferior quality wild carrots Dominance of brightly colored genes is becoming increasingly influential.
About 1,100 years ago, purple and yellow varieties emerged, and over 600 years later orange emerged, as shown by selective breeding of colors and the beta-carotene gene. which makes orange play a more prominent role.
Some people believe that carrots are orange (orange) for political reasons. that is, the Dutch or The Netherlands encouraged them to breed until they became orange. In honor of William of Orange, the leader of the Netherlands in the rebellion to overthrow the king of Spain from the Habsburg dynasty, which controlled most of north-west Europe in the 17th century.
After a brave battle, he was killed. His son took the job instead. The Dutch used the expression publicly through their possession of an orange carrot in the market to support their son. (You can eat this too. No need to waste, use different colored t-shirts like people in Sarakan country)
Regardless of the effect of using carrots as a political weapon Almost all of the carrots that are grown and eaten in Europe today are an orange cultivar inherited from the cultivars grown in the city of Hoorn in the Netherlands.
Victory over the other types of color of the orange carrot we eat today is great human luck. Because the color orange is rich in beneficial nutrients and vitamin A, which affects the health of the eyes. There is a story that British people love to tell during the Second World War that eating lots of carrots by British soldiers helped them see in the dark.
It is understood that this was intended to camouflage the efforts of the British Air Force to secretly develop radar technology at the time, wanting the German troops to believe that British troops had good vision and could drop bombs accurately at night without any equipment and support .
In 2002, a supermarket in England put purple carrots on sale, but it failed due to the popularity of orange with consumers. The mixture goes on for a long time until the orange color is much brighter. due to the role of both genes Inadvertently, today’s carrots contain many more cancer-fighting antioxidants.
The author will gradually bring lesser-known stories like this in the future. film example Is the sin tax effective? How do they dope horse racing? Why are spices worse than drugs? Why do most countries in the world drive on the right? How much do Americans believe in ghosts? Are organic ingredients really good for health?
