“He smelled like rotting fish!?”
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
You don’t need a crystal ball to see the future; just follow the money! Every issue in human history has
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
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
There is an ongoing myth that the South was rich because of slavery. Actually, the
Roman history records five widespread Plebian Secessions between 494 and 287 BC.
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
This was Mary Katherine Goddard, one of the first women publishers in America. She ran
Connie the Wiggler wasn't a singer or even a star of the stage but
Today, “horsepower” is a measure of strength of a car. But that has only been
Yes, and no. In 1941, the Chattanooga Choo Choo – the song, not the choo
Being an off the wall thinker means you come up with novel solution to everyday
Judge George Wythe had a stellar career. In addition to being one of the signers
In 1925, Francis X. Bushman wanted the part of Messala in the upcoming production of
We hear it every day. America is so violent! Never has there been so much
In the last century, washing machines were too expensive for most homes, so the laundry
One fateful day in the 1870s, the James Robinson Circus traveled to Middleton, Missouri. As
In 1919, a hack writer by the name of Johnston McCulley wrote a five-part story
Charles VI of France (1368-1422) was daffy. He thought he was made of glass and
William Harvey Carney (February 29, 1840 – December 9, 1908) was an African American soldier
Talk about truth being stranger than fiction! In 1898, during the Klondike Rush, a young
This is Quanah Parker, war leader of the Kwahadi (“Antelope”) band of the Comanches. He
Anthony "Tony" Dimond, Alaska's lone delegate to the United States Congress from 1933 to 1944,
One of the easiest things to do is complain. And the people who do it
They’re not. They are Lumbee Indians from North Carolina. On January 18, 1958, James W.
