Sheela and Pratima Devi get up early. Traveling by foot, the healthcare workers go door-to-door, village-by-village through Northern India to spread awareness about elephantiasis. This treatable and preventable disease, spread by mosquitoes, affects 120 million people worldwide. Sheela and Pratima's visits are part of a wider government effort to combat preconceived ideas that Elephantiasis comes from a curse, not a causative agent—and it's working.
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The Silent Film Star Who Invented the Turn Signal
In the early 1900s, Florence Lawrence was one of the most recognizable women in America. She starred in over 300 silent films and is credited as being the world's first film star. But in addition to her Hollywood hustle, Florence was also a bit of an inventor. In 1914, she created a mechanical signaling arm for cars, a precursor for the modern-day turn signal.
What's a chef to do when hundreds of armed soldiers show up hungry and ready to feast? Well, they boodle, of course! In the Philippines, friends and family gather for a boodle fight, a fabulous feast served atop banana leaves and eaten with bare hands. Traditionally created as a way to feed large numbers of military cadets, people stand shoulder-to-shoulder around a massive table, ready to dive into piles of mouthwatering Filipino delicacies.
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