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Published: March 11, 2019 by Sarah Burns
“Be prepared” is the Girl Scouts motto, and scouting has been credited with helping to prepare generations of girls for […]
Updated: March 20, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
Every year on March 17, everyone is, at least a little bit, Irish. St. Patrick’s Day is unimaginable without everything […]
Americans love dogs, there’s no doubt about that. It’s estimated that the dog population in the United States is almost […]
Published: March 11, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
Did you know that the first person to ever get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was a […]
Updated: March 20, 2019 by Colman Andrews
The French are apparently tired of changing their clocks twice a year. European Union regulations have long required members to observe […]
Published: March 8, 2019 by Josie Green
People have been fighting injustice since they could speak. Without such actions, the United States might still be a British […]
Published: March 7, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
We change our clocks twice a year, every year. We move them forward in the spring and back in the […]
Published: March 7, 2019 by Josie Green
On May 5, 1809, Mary Kies became the first woman to receive a patent in the United States. (It was […]
No other doll in American history is more famous than Barbie, whose full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. She is […]
Published: March 7, 2019 by Cristabelle Tumola
The United States is going through an unprecedented period of protests. Since the inauguration of Donald Trump as president in […]
Updated: March 6, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
When local time on Sunday, March 10, is 2 a.m., the clocks will turn forward one hour to 3 a.m. […]
Published: March 4, 2019 by John Harrington
When we listen to songs extolling America, these marches, anthems, and tunes about the United States aren’t about expressing some […]
Published: March 4, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
March is Women’s History Month — a time in the United States to remember and celebrate American women’s often unnoticed […]
Published: March 4, 2019 by Josie Green
From Uruguayans holding 40-day-long celebrations to Oktoberfesters consuming 7 million liters of beer in Munich, the people of the world […]
Published: March 4, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes and John Harrington
The inequality between men and women in terms of economic opportunities has always been a problem, but there are signs […]
Published: March 1, 2019 by Grant Suneson and John Harrington
From family heirlooms to antiques shops to museums, many Americans share an obsession for things that are extremely old. This […]
Published: March 1, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
Most of the technologies we use today, especially the smartphone, have completely taken over what were considered pioneering devices just […]
Published: March 1, 2019 by John Harrington
On March 3, 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional act making “The Star-Spangled Banner” the official national anthem of […]
Technology makes life easier. It also speeds it up quite a bit. This is certainly the case in the kitchen, […]
Ever wish you had invented an everyday product that made your life easier or more enjoyable, and also maybe a […]
Published: February 28, 2019 by Michelle Lodge
[cnxvideo id=”712476″ placement=”ros”]Reputations are a tricky thing. The reputations of some U.S. presidents grow stronger or change with time, especially […]
Updated: March 12, 2019 by Hristina Byrnes
[cnxvideo id=”722279″ placement=”ros”]Thoughts of spells, rituals, and Voodoo dolls often mesmerize people but also invoke feelings of fear. Thanks to […]
Published: February 28, 2019 by Grant Suneson
At a time when urban centers were growing increasingly crowded, the introduction of the safety elevator in 1853 ushered in […]
Published: February 27, 2019 by Grant Suneson
Ideally, a marriage lasts a lifetime. With more than 1 million divorces filed every year in the United States, however, […]