In the poem, entitled "A Rose Thorn," a woman argues with her vulva over which is more attractive to men: physical beauty or the vulva itself.Stift MelkTwo previous copies of this poem, known as the Dresden Codex and Karlsruhe Codex, were dated back to 1500. This fragment is significantly older. In a post-modern, post-Sexual Revolution world, creative works that anthropomorphize genitalia aren’t necessarily avant-garde. One need only remember the mainstream success of The Vagina Monologues, for instance.

The Department of Veterans Affairs previously paid for veterans with physical disabilities to have service dogs, but the PAWS Act will extend that coverage to mental illness for the first time.K9s for WarriorsThe PAWS Act will start as a five-year pilot program. Service dogs can change a life. Smart, loyal, and trained to help, they have long aided veterans with physical disabilities in navigating the world. Now, the PAWS Act seeks to extend that coverage to veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

See why the Pearl Harbor attack carried out by the Japanese against the U.S. in Hawaii on Dec. 7, 1941 was a "date which will live in infamy." Thick smoke billows from stricken American warships (from left, USS West Virginia and USS Tennessee) along battleship row.US Navy/Interim Archives/Getty Images American sailors stand amid wrecked planes at the Ford Island seaplane base, watching as the USS Shaw explodes.U.S. Navy via Wikimedia Commons The battleship USS West Virginia in flames after hits from Japanese bombs and torpedoes.

97 percent of voters favored becoming a U.S. state, but that doesn't mean we'll be seeing 51 stars any time soon.Joe Raedle/Getty Images 97 percent of Puerto Rican voters cast ballots in favor of becoming the 51st American state in a non-binding referendum over the weekend. But deciding to become a state and actually becoming one are two very different things. And some US legislators — along with some Puerto Ricans — aren’t so sure it’s a good idea.

Fossils uncovered in Australia paint a picture of the continent's largest known bird of prey, the Gaff's powerful eagle. Wikimedia CommonsThe newly discovered eagle species was nearly double the size of the wedge-tailed eagle pictured here. Over 60,000 years ago, Australia was home to a massive eagle relative with a 10-foot wingspan, a new study confirmed. Known as Gaff’s powerful eagle (Dynatoaetus gaffae), the ancient raptor species was described from a fossil collection gathered between 1956 and 2021.

An actual ad from the Victorian era that used a nude woman to supposedly market the penny farthing bicycle to women, even though few women rode them Source: Barntique Store It may surprise you to learn that the history of the bicycle doesn’t actually begin with the penny farthing. In 1817, Karl Drais discovered that he could align two wheels and create a vehicle that could be propelled by a man’s (and they were a gentlemen-only vehicle) feet, allowing him to travel up to 14 mph.

Despite its exorbitant prices, the new trend of raw, unfiltered Live Water may actually be poisoning those who drink it.Live Water/FacebookLive Water founder Mukhande Singh holds a water jug. “The first time I drank fresh, living spring water,” said Live Water founder Mukhande Singh, “a surge of energy and peacefulness entered my being; I could never go back to drinking dead water again.” Now, other startups like this “raw water” firm have contributed to an upswing in the buying and selling of untreated, unfiltered, unsterilized drinking water for human consumption.

In the story of the Pied Piper, the people of Hamelin refuse to pay a ratcatcher — who uses his magic flute to lure the children away from town, never to return. Ivy Close Images / Alamy Stock PhotoPied Piper’s meaning has to do with a legend that originated in 13th-century Germany. If you’ve ever been in a major city, then you know that rats can be a problem. They were a problem hundreds of years ago in the German town of Hamelin too, and that’s where the mysterious legend of the Pied Piper first originated.

Dark Disney: The Little Mermaid Wikimedia CommonsThe Little Mermaid In Hans Christian Andersen’s version of the tale, Ariel makes a deal with the sea witch in order to become a human and pursue the prince she saved in a shipwreck. She gets a pair of legs in exchange for her tongue. However, part of the deal is that every step she takes with this new pair of legs will feel like walking on shattered glass.

World’s Coolest Bookstores: Trinity Library (Dublin, Ireland) Inside The Six Coolest Bookstores In The World View Gallery Ok, it's a library, not a bookstore--you wouldn't be able to afford these books anyway. While many of its 200,000 volumes are kept safe behind velvet ropes, the Old Library of Trinity College is home to some of the oldest books in Ireland, their ancient pages far too delicate for a hand’s touch. In addition to being able to walk through the library and explore Ireland’s complex literary history, visitors are actually allowed to read a handful of the books.