Mark Twain
Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future; just follow the money! Every issue in human history has
Money does not exist. Only its value does. Go to the bank and ask to see the $1,000 in your
Why Are High Schools Graduating Illiterate Seniors? If you really want to know what is happening in America’s schools, do
Coming Out of the Water Dry (The 1838 Missouri Extermination Order) “The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must
When Detective Heinz Noonan arrives in Spokane to investigate a simple case of double obituaries, he has no idea he’s
Detective Heinz Noonan, the “Bearded Homes,” is sent to Virginia Beach, North Carolina, to find 30 antique Christian crosses that
Why would anyone steal something that has no value? And then stick the insurance company for a ten-million-dollar loss? That’s
How can $2 million in diamonds vanish? First, the diamonds were assessed to make sure they were authentic. Then, in
Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life
No, and he’s not scratching anything. ‘Back in the day,’ which started with the Greeks,
For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have
Quoting Google: In May 2021, Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold an “immaterial” sculpture titled
The only buffalo in the United States are in zoos. Here we have bison. That’s
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
Next time someone talks about ‘everyone having guns in the Wild West,’ remind them that
This is an accurate photograph of Annie Oakley while she was traveling with Buffalo Bill’s
All Roman roads had mileage stones, set one thousand paces apart. The term “mile” comes
After the Civil War, the field of photography took a deplorable turn. Many families had
Courtesy of the Alaska Gold Rush, we have two Alaskan terms in common usage –
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Centennial-of-1916-SF-bombing-that-led-to-8381615.php By Carl Nolte July 16, 2016 Updated: July 16, 2016 3:00pm
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This is an iconic image of Americana: a newspaper boy. He was the Yahoo of
When people think of a gold rush, they instantly think the big money is made
The cleverest people are usually the least credited in history. Take English Sea Captain Woodes
Actually, it doesn’t. Anytime there is a new technology, you can be assured there will
The Alaska Gold Rush lasted 40 years, from 1880 to the First World War. It
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There is an old saying that making money is easy. What’s hard is saving it.