America has been in some sort of debt since its founding, but there was one year, and only one year, where it was debt-free. Unfortunately, it didn’t go that well. ...
You wouldn’t think so, but Christmas Day is a big day in Japan. It’s a day that has become an event, not so much for the actual celebration of Christmas, ...
We’ve all seen these symbols, but where did they come from, and how did they start? Some of the answers may surprise you. The Dollar Sign The dollar sign is the ...
Black hole Cygnus X Credit: NASA/CXC/M.Weiss Black holes are the enigma of the universe. They are the only things in the cosmos known to use their incredible gravitational force to ...
You can probably find a flea market close to you where you can pick up any number of random items, but why are they called flea markets, and do they ...
You sip it, bite it, bend it, and spit wads of paper out it, but you’ve most likely never thought about when a straw was first used. The simple little ...
When we drive a car or ride a bike, our speed is measured in miles per hour or kilometers per hour. But when you get in a boat, those measurements ...
You may have heard the name INTERPOL mentioned in movies or TV shows, usually with the backdrop of some foreign locale, but what is this organization, and why is it ...
We all know the name of Albert Einstein, the German-born physicist who gave us his famous theory of relativity, but what else do you know about the scientist who was ...
What would you do if you couldn’t go for a swim or walk out in the rain? For a handful of people, that is a reality. They suffer from an ...
“I have a need…a need for speed.” These were the words immortalized by Maverick in Top Gun right before he did the reverse high-five with Goose that became all the ...
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