Mark Twain
Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life
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
Next time you pull up to a gas station, think how much easier you life
No, and he’s not scratching anything. ‘Back in the day,’ which started with the Greeks,
For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have
Quoting Google: In May 2021, Italian artist Salvatore Garau sold an “immaterial” sculpture titled
The only buffalo in the United States are in zoos. Here we have bison. That’s
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.
You would have to have been an Alaskan in the last century to understand the
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
Like many fashions, high heels have come a long way since the 10th Century when
Just a bunch of camels, right? Yeah, but there is something lurking under those waters.
In the teens, someone who was incredibly stupid was known as being “as cunning as
In today’s dollars, the United States government spent $7.5 billion to build the Alaska Railroad
In February of 1917, Mata Hari, an exotic dancer and self-confessed harlot, was arrested in
There are a lot of myths ‘running around’ when it comes to blacks and the
In 1919, a hack writer by the name of Johnston McCulley wrote a five-part story
This is probably the most well-known photograph of the Alaska Gold Rush. There is just
This is a juggernaut, the origin of the term for a huge, powerful, and overwhelming
Long before he became well-known as the inventor of Morse Code, Samuel Morse was a
After the death of Harry Reichenbach, the leading ballyhooer of the era was Jim Moran,
In the early days of football, the referees wore white shirts with bowties. But often,
If it takes you longer than ten seconds to read this license plate holder, you
No, and he’s not scratching anything. ‘Back in the day,’ which started with the Greeks,
These were the remains of “Big Nose George” Parrot in 1950, half a century after
On December 31, 1899, Captain John Phillips in command of the SS Warrimoo discovered he
The middle of the 1700s, farmers would put young pigs in a burlap ‘bag’ to
After the Civil War, the field of photography took a deplorable turn. Many families had
