“You’re under arrest!”

“You’re under arrest!”

One of the first female United States Deputy Marshals was Ada Carnutt.  One of her

“He fired the last shot in the Civil War!”

“He fired the last shot in the Civil War!”

Meet Captain James Iredell of the Confederate commercial raider Shenandoah. His assignment was to destroy

“Hey!  What’s in that bottle?!”

“Hey! What’s in that bottle?!”

Yes, there’s a good chance the ‘stuff’ in the bottle is whiskey. But then again,

“What happens if  you cannot assert your rights?”

“What happens if you cannot assert your rights?”

During the Alaska Gold Rush, George Hinton Henry, the “Father of Alaska Journalism,” kept printing

“Why do Christians use the fish as a symbol?”

“Why do Christians use the fish as a symbol?”

No, it is not because Christ supposedly fed 5,000 worshipers with two fish and five

“No!  Wrong bottle chart!”

“No! Wrong bottle chart!”

In the days before GPS, the maritime industry created nautical charts using bottles. It’s true.

“Colorization?  Great!  What’s next?”

“Colorization? Great! What’s next?”

It is so easy to whine about how 'there's nothing to watch on cable' tonight.

“Talk about Pennies from Heaven!”

“Talk about Pennies from Heaven!”

In 1925, Francis X. Bushman wanted the part of Messala in the upcoming production of

“How can you save money by giving nothing of value?”

“How can you save money by giving nothing of value?”

The cleverest people are usually the least credited in history. Take English Sea Captain Woodes

They were black but bled red just like the white soldiers

They were black but bled red just like the white soldiers

While the Afghanistan War was America’s longest, the shortest was the Spanish American War.  It

“It’s a photo of Bristol, England taken from Alaska?!”

“It’s a photo of Bristol, England taken from Alaska?!”

Yes, this is a photograph of Bristol, England.  It was alleged taken from the crest

“How you gonna get that stuff outa here?”

“How you gonna get that stuff outa here?”

One of the historical tidbits students miss is the importance of the United States Postal