A Look Back at What Was Supposed to Happen in 2020 (According to Psychics)
January 7, 2021
This was a wild, harrowing, and unpredictable year… and one that self-proclaimed psychics somehow didn’t see coming. Here are some events that psychics claimed were supposed to happen in 2020. The world may have avoided a catastrophic attack ...
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8 Things You Didn’t Know About Harriet Tubman
January 6, 2021
Many northern states banned slavery by the mid-1800s, but the immensely ugly practice continued in the South, ended only after presidential action, a constitutional amendment, and a Civil War. Until that point, enslaved Americans fleeing the South...
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All About New Year’s Resolutions
January 5, 2021
This year, we resolve to write more blog posts about New Year’s resolutions. And look at that, we did it!
• Ancient Babylonians started the idea of New Year’s resolutions about 4,000 years ago, although the new year in that society started ...
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Famous Female Firsts (That Aren’t So Famous)
November 3, 2020
Here are the stories of some women who broke down barriers and literally changed the world.
Hannah Slater received a patent in 1793 for a new type of cotton thread that made textile manufacture simpler and faster. That enabled her husband to ...
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Did You Wish Upon a Star for Some Walt Disney Facts?
September 22, 2020
The name (and work of) Walt Disney looms large over American pop culture. Dozens of movies, lots of TV shows, characters, and even amusement parks bearing the Disney name promise wholesome, satisfying entertainment. The life of Walt Disney is an i...
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