In the 1970s, Yolanda de Cofiño noticed that kids couldn't finish McDonald's meals, so she did something about it.

The Legacy Project illuminates and affirms the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people to honor their experiences and accomplishments; to collect and preserve their contributions to world history and culture.

Life on Earth began due to volcanic activity. Volcanoes released gases and water from the molten Earth. Algae developed in that early ocean eventually led to the modern oxygen-rich atmosphere and more complex life forms. Other benefits of volcanoes include…

large seabirds allied to the procellariids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels in the order Procellariiformes

These Michael Jordan facts will let you know greatest basketball player of all time. Discover his history and life behind the scenes here.

Join us on an audio walking tour through Philadelphia's Old City to discover how the yellow fever epidemic challenged the city’s health and political infrastructure, and revealed a nation ill-prepared to support its citizens in such difficult times.

1986 film directed by Peter Faiman

Anna Randal for Art-Sheep Like any character in a movie, or in real life, a married German businessman had once a brief affair with his his married secretary, Margret. The couple saw each other from 1969 to 1970 and the legacy of their relationship was discovered…

Though regarded as docile creatures, cows are responsible for more deaths than some fearsome animals like wolves and sharks.

American rapper (1971–1996)

According to Savills research the global value of real estate reached $326.5 trillion in 2020, a 5% increase on 2019 levels and a record high and residential which is the largest real estate sector, accounting for 79% of all global real estate value.

The U.S. military played Metallica records to weaken prisoners it planned to interrogate, and stopped after the band objected. That's one revelation (via

The path BYU travels to book a flyover at LaVell Edwards Stadium.

major event of the French Revolution

“Two months work to do over again… I was pretty mad but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically.”

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A Japanese man who was nailed to a wooden cross in the Philippines on Good Friday (5/4) supposedly to seek divine healing for an ailing brother, has been exposed as a fraud.
Shinichiro kaneko, a 30-year-old Tokyo…

The end of national prohibition put the regulation of alcohol sales into the hands of states and localities. The scope of this includes restrictions on the days and hours that spirits, beer, and wine may be sold. The background behind these rules has a complex…

Michael Jackson was without a doubt the biggest pop star of his era.
With his incredible voice, seamless dance moves and innovative style - he was a true m

a non-human animal launched into space for scientific reasons

The Great Binge is a 21st-century neologism, coined by amateur historian Gradus Protus van den Belt, describing the period in history covering roughly 1870 to 1914. It is so known because of the widespread use and availability of narcotics such as opium,…