“Some things you just can’t make up!”
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
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
The Alaska Gold Rush is the least studied era of United States history. If you pull up Alaska Gold Rush
On July 12, 1855, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some clowns from S. B. Howes' Star
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro, who died at the age of 33, packed a lot
Giovanni Caselli was a priest?! AND a physicist. In 1856, he invented the pantelegraph. In
Charles Arthur “Pretty Boy” Floyd was only 30 years old when the FBI shot him
He was known as “Indian Charlie.” His real name was Charles Curtis. And he was
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
Edward Hines. He was a Commissioner of the Wayne County Road Commission in Michigan from
Actually, it doesn’t. Anytime there is a new technology, you can be assured there will
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
In Nome, anyone could, in actuality, find gold just lying on the ground. In sand,
In 47 BCE, Julius Caesar was faced with a mutiny. The Tenth Legion was demanding
Hard as it is to believe, America’s first black celebrity was a magician, hypnotist and
Every generation of Americans has a boogeyman. The ‘evil immigrants’ have included the French, English,
Here’s one for the history books! In 2011, photographer David Slater went to Indonesia to
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
Often a genius is someone who just looks at a problem differently. Between 1905 and
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in
For most people, ‘yesterdays’ are not believable because the photos are black-and-white. This leads people
Vicious maneaters, right? Actually that’s incorrect. In fact, the piranha got its reputation because of
As you are reading this, are being quarantined offshore in San Francisco because they might
This was Otto Skorzney, considered to be “the most dangerous man in Europe” during the
During the Second World War, the Germans were trying to bomb the Suez Canal to
While on a hunting trip in Mississippi in 1902, President Theodore Roosevelt ‘came up empty.’
Contrary to popular belief, history is not the story of the past. It is the
Adage? What’s an adage? An adage is a proverb expressing a generally accepted truth. Like,
President Calvin Coolidge could be a prankster. He would sometimes page a Secret Service agent.
On December 31, 1899, Captain John Phillips in command of the SS Warrimoo discovered he
Back in the 1970s there was a song by Dr. John – Right Place, Wrong
We hear it every day. America is so violent! Never has there been so much
