“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
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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
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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
In Nome during the Alaska Gold Rush, Scurvy Bill, Two Tooth Mike and Half-Kid, stole
This was Otto Skorzney, considered to be “the most dangerous man in Europe” during the
Alaskans have a unique folk art, it’s called “absurding.” Alaskans get tired of hearing tourists
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
25th Infantry Regiment, 1890 At the end of the Civil War, many black Union veterans
In 1838, Louis Daguerre was experimenting with a new technology called photography in Paris. Compared
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka is famous for his admonition that humanity is best served by
This Labor Day let’s remember – and thank – Francis Perkins. She was the longest
[huge_it_video_player id="2"] We all makes mistakes, some of the whoppers. Some of those errors in
This is not a photograph of the past, it is a picture of the future.
History is not the story of the past; it is the study of the future.
Talk about truth being stranger than fiction! In 1898, during the Klondike Rush, a young
Connie the Wiggler wasn't a singer or even a star of the stage but
Hollywood’s greatest curse is that it makes the past appear so clean. Which is why
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
In 1854, Levi Boone became Mayor of Chicago on the Know-Nothing Party whose tenets were
This is a shot of New York in 1887. What you see are electrical wires
This was an IBM computer in 1958. 40% of the US population was alive in