“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
They’re not. They are Lumbee Indians from North Carolina. On January 18, 1958, James W.
My father, a Holocaust refugee, spoke four language fluently and read Greek and Latin. But
Constructed to be the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, the Eiffel Tower
If you are older than 50, you will have no problem reading this license plate
Yes, and no. In 1941, the Chattanooga Choo Choo – the song, not the choo
Bitcoins and money. Prior to Alaska statehood, there is a dearth of coins. BIG transactions
Nice, eh? Historic but nice. Well, these are fashions from my great grandparents’ women’s fashion
Seen this before, right? Well, did you notice the bundles of twigs beneath both his
Spooky, eh? He’s Jasper Maskelyne and he made a modest living as a magician until
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
George Franklin Wade had an astonishing record of both criminal activity and escapes. He was
In the 1950s, American engineers working in the Middle East – where liquor was frowned
Frank B. Adams, born in 1847, was a professional carom billiards player – in the
Alaska bush pilot Archie Ferguson was famous for inventing “The Arctic Bump.” He convinced
There is an old folk song whose chorus goes, “We’ve come a long way, brother.”
Stephan Bibrowski, born in Wilczagówa, Poland, in 1890, had a body covered with hair. His
Next time you are sitting in an airport terminal and complaining about how tough travel
