Category: Interesting Stories

When one thinks of southern Florida, images of loud retirees from New York and New Jersey may come to mind. Or maybe you think of fishing off the shores of Key West. Or perhaps you’re more of a nightlife person who enjoys dancing to a Latin beat. All of these things are true aspects of […]

The Cold War was a time of great tension and fear in many parts of the world. The United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in an epic struggle for control of the world and, as a result, many smaller countries became proxies and were torn apart. Korea, Vietnam, Nicaragua, and Afghanistan were just […]

The use of steam power is generally associated with the Industrial Revolution and the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Steam-powered ships and trains helped modernize and bring the world together. Before that, everything was fairly primitive, right? Well, not exactly. Yes, the Industrial Revolution didn’t begin until the 1700s. But the idea of steam power had […]

Have you ever noticed that Europeans get upset whenever an American refers to “football” as “soccer”? And how about the fact that Americans refer to their own most popular sport as “football” even though it isn’t soccer? I’m not trying to confuse you here. This seems to be a legitimate concern for many in Europe, […]

There’s a good chance that, at some point in your life, you’ve had a sensitive itch that you couldn’t reach and bought some Tucks or Preparation H to make it go away. You may have been so impressed with how well the medicine did its job that you took the time to read the ingredients. […]

The icy cold waters that stretch from the Davis Strait, which is between Greenland and the Canadian territory of Nanavut, down to the Grand Banks off the coasts of the Canadian provinces of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, is known as the Atlantic Marine Ecozone. The waters were once home to abundant amounts of lobster, crab, […]

If you’re from Generation X or even Generation Y, you no doubt remember Saturday morning cartoons with fondness. When cell phones were still uncommon and the only gaming system most people had in their homes featured poor graphics, kids would spend all Saturday morning glued to their TV watching Captain Caveman, The Superfriends, and other […]

When a group of nine friends from the Ural Polytechnical Institute in the former Soviet Union decided to go hiking and skiing in the nearby Ural Mountains in early February of 1959, it seemed like a routine trip that many had done before. They would hike into the mountains and camp on the east shoulder […]

You’ve probably heard the phrase “He’s as rich as Croesus” at some point in your life and didn’t give it much attention. After all, there are so many phrases and sayings that it’s hard to keep up with them. But this one is important because it has to do with the money, or the lack […]

Since the dawn of history, the idea of immortality has intrigued humans—sometimes to the point of obsession. Myths from every corner of the globe and every period in history tell of gods and goddesses who live forever and human heroes who strive to possess that knowledge and ability. Today, many of the current major religions […]