Arshiya Khan

This holiday commemorates the adoption of the UNESCO Recommendation on the Status of Teachers in 1966. It specifies the rights and responsibilities of instructors with regard to their initial preparation, continuing education, recruitment, employment, and learning conditions.

A random act of compassion can have a greater effect than you might expect. Your decision to hold a door open for a stranger or return a lost pocketbook may be the recipient's only good fortune of the day.

Urbanization dates back to ancient Mesopotamia, or what is now Iraq. Uruk and Ur, which at the time were located near the banks of the Euphrates River, flourished during this time.

The first World Animal Day was held in Berlin in 1925, when Heinrich Zimmermann organized the event. The publisher of the German animal-lovers' magazine "Man and Dog," Zimmermann, initiated the event to raise awareness and enhance animal welfare.

In Honduras, Semana Morazánica is celebrated with great fervor. Several observances occurring in the first week of October precipitate the event. There is presently a surge in economic activity in Honduras.

The American landscape, particularly long-distance highways, would be desolate if it were not for trucks transporting products and other essential cargo between locations.

Pumpkin seeds (also known as pepitas) have been valued for centuries for their medicinal and nutritional benefits. According to excavations of a tomb in central Mexico, the earliest mention of pumpkin seeds dates to 7000 BCE.

As early as 2000 BCE, kale was being cultivated for human sustenance in Asia Minor and the eastern Mediterranean. In 400 B.C. Greece, cabbage varieties with curly leaves were available alongside those with flat leaves.