Meet the 18th-Century Real-Life ‘Gnomes’ Paid to Sit in a Garden, Dispensing Wisdom
[caption id="attachment_6571" align="aligncenter" width="1280"] Representation of a garden hermit in Germany in the late 18th century[/caption] It turns out that the garden gnome that we now use to ornament our...
10 Mind-Blowing Facts about Women’s History
1. Alice Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt’s daughter, the firecracker 2. Agnes Sorel, the favorite and the chief mistress of King Charles VII of France 3. Queen Mary I, the first woman...
5 Things You Should Know About Juneteenth
Juneteenth is celebrated in the U.S. on June 19th, and celebrations of Juneteenth have become more and more widespread over the years. It marks a special day in United States...
The Incredible Reason the Choctaw and the Irish Have a Special Bond
Only 14 years after most of the Choctaw people were forcibly relocated in the Trail of Tears, the tribe, though they had little to give, donated $170 (over $5,000 today),...
Ronald McNair, the Boy Who Refused to Leave the Library
Ronald McNair was one of the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger when it exploded after takeoff in 1986. McNair earned his Ph.D. in physics at MIT and became a...