Tag: history
Stop Buying This Type of Toothbrush: Use These Instead
Once upon a time, the basic toothbrush was constructed of natural materials such as boar bristles and bone. However, these materials made toothbrushes too...
Boy Scouts Will Now Admit Girls
The Boy Scouts will now be adding girls to their ranks.
That’s the announcement, which was posted on the Boy Scouts of...
5 Reasons Visiting Ruins Can Renew Your Spirit
Dunluce Castle sits perched along the jagged cliffs of Northern Ireland. Its ancient walls have defied the ravages of time for centuries. Work on...
How To Run For Office The Lazy Modern Way
Today presidential hopefuls have private jets, free media opportunities online and access to social media technologies. Before all these tools, campaigns were quite different....
8 Real-Life Women Spies That Make James Bond Look Like A...
Fictional British secret agent James Bond has access to some neat gadgets, but he has also been accused of misogyny, racism and consumerism. Women,...
Hero Native American Code Talkers Are Leaving Us
Each year we lose more members of our oldest generation, the “Greatest Generation” men and women who grew up during the Great Depression, fought...
7 Strange Facts About Our Presidents You Probably Don’t Know
From late-night drinking sessions to allowing pet alligators to roam through the White House, US presidents have more going on than meets the eye....
Trump And Sanders Might Change Our Two-Party System Forever
The Republican Party has been a force in American politics since the fledgling GOP demanded the abolition of slavery in the 1860 presidential election....
President Obama Announces First Two Marine Sanctuaries in 15 Years
At the second annual Our Ocean conference in Chile, October 6 and 7, President Barack Obama announced plans for two new national marine sanctuaries...
10 Hygiene Habits from History Guaranteed to Make You Squirm
Some of the things we do for beauty and personal grooming may seem extreme, but looking back in history, it’s amazing humanity has survived...