“He collected cats?!”
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of the
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
As a matter of fact, he did. ‘He,’ in this case, was President of the
Yes, it is! Because the British Navy was prohibited from ruling on land, AND there
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
Is it possible to fly the distance of 1 ½ times around the world in
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
[huge_it_video_player id="4"] The single most important survival ability in any field is creative thinking. Anyone
This is an accurate photograph of Annie Oakley while she was traveling with Buffalo Bill’s
When Elsa Einstein, Albert’s wife, was being shown around the Mount Wilson Observatory, she was
This is one of my favorite editorial pictures. His name is “Has No Horses,” or,
When Coke was introduced in China in 1982, Chinese shopkeepers sold the beverage as kekoukela.
At precisely 12:02 pm, a century ago this September 16th, a massive bomb exploded on
This is probably the most well-known photograph of the Alaska Gold Rush. There is just
This is one of those historic photographs that would never make a book – much
This WAS. Here, in 1932, my father’s family posed for a portrait in their garden.
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
America has no standards, no royal families, no special people. If you are good and
My father, a Holocaust refugee, spoke four language fluently and read Greek and Latin. But
There is an old joke that you never have to outrun an angry bear. All
During the Alaska Gold Rush there was no liquor in Alaska. According to the United
There are a lot of myths ‘running around’ when it comes to blacks and the
You should have no trouble recognizing the man with his hands in his pockets. It’s
After the Civil War, the field of photography took a deplorable turn. Many families had
Like your job? Like your doctor? Have you thanked your grandmother lately? (Or your great-grandmother