Did you read Do You Know These Antarctica Fun Facts? Here are more fun facts about the continent for it’s national day! It Has The Most Fresh Water Even though it’s technically a desert, the continent contains about 70% of the fresh water on Earth. Because most of that water is within the enormous ice …
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It’s that time again, folks. It’s time to look at some of the funny, strange, and amazing times in history when something occurred for the first time. We’ve done this before, twice in fact, but human history is long. There are so many more weird first times to cover, but we’re up to the challenge …
A lot of the negative stories you hear about historical eras are blown completely out of proportion. People tend to exaggerate how horrible life was in the past to make the time they live in seem like the pinnacle of civilized society. And then there are those stories that are absolutely true. Whether people didn’t …
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner and that means Thanksgiving traditions. Do you have traditions this strange? Turducken If you’ve never heard of it, Turducken is a chicken, stuffed inside a duck, stuffed inside a turkey. This combination is truly something for everyone, with chicken being lighter and full of protein, duck as richer and …
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Museums and other archeological collections have a noble mission — preserving our past so that we won’t forget it. Usually, they carry out their task by collecting old objects and artifacts. But as museums themselves get older, their collections begin to fill with all kinds of ancient junk, like a hoarding grandma’s attic. Occasionally, some …
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If you didn’t read Uncommon Halloween Facts For Tomorrow’s Holiday: Part One, follow the link and enjoy! Because this is part two. Pumpkins are typically orange but they can also be green, white, red, and grey, even though we don’t see them very often. Pumpkins are berries. In 2014, the US produced over 594 million …
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Did you know the uncommon Halloween facts like the word witch come from “wyck” and means wise woman and pumpkins originated in Mexico? These are just the first of many Halloween facts to come. Halloween is observed in several countries. Halloween is said to come from the ancient Celtic harvest festivals. The Irish festival of …
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Picture yourself as an archeologist digging through the ruins of an ancient Neolithic city. Then, you find something. Slowly, from beneath sand and soil, you discover a statue. It’s a huge slab of stone carved into the shape of a giant man, more finely detailed than what you would’ve expected from the period. And the …
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Reminder before these dance fun facts that everyone can dance, just not everyone does. Here are all the dance fun facts, well most, because there’s a part two, too. Research proves that dancing reduces stress and tension for the mind and body. Studies by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute show that dancing prevents …
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In 1883, board games were more popular, with conveniences of households and eight hour days. People simply had more time. Also, prices came down and people could afford to buy more. The games tried to reform people or deal with the moral decline by injecting moral truths back into American life through the games. Parker …
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