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.
http://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Centennial-of-1916-SF-bombing-that-led-to-8381615.php By Carl Nolte July 16, 2016 Updated: July 16, 2016 3:00pm
In 1910, Victor Berger, a founding member of the Socialist Party of America, was elected
It depends on the language you speak. In English, the term gypsy was short for
One of my favorite anecdotes, hopefully true, involves a couple from Iowa who were visiting
Hard as it is to believe, America’s first black celebrity was a magician, hypnotist and
Wilson Mizner, the loveable scoundrel of the Alaska Gold Rush, worked as a bartender in
This is the Culebra Cut during construction of the Panama Canal. The United States Army
My father was an Italian Jewish Holocaust refugee. He arrived in New York on the
Alaskan humorist Warren Sitka notes the problem with ignorance is it breeds faster than common
Constructed to be the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris, the Eiffel Tower
Here’s a trick question: Who was the first President of the United States. For most
To this day, one-third of Alaska’s population lives in villages that are not connected to
This is a photograph of a ship somewhere along the Mississippi before the Civil War.
For as long as there have been people in Connecticut, the gods of Machimoodus have
One of the historical tidbits students miss is the importance of the United States Postal
Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China died in 210 B.C. He was on
Next time someone talks about ‘everyone having guns in the Wild West,’ remind them that
