Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup was invented by Mrs. Charlotte N. Winslow in the 1840s, when she was working as a nurse for infants. It was first marketed by her son-in-law...
The Great Wall of China is a monumental construction that includes a complex system of walls, horse tracks, watch towers, shelters, passes, and border fortresses. It begi...
The Volkswagen (VW) Beetle is one of the most iconic cars in history. It was designed by Ferdinand Porsche and first introduced in Nazi Germany. Namely, Adolf Hitler beli...
Today the figure of the Easter Bunny as a symbol of the holiday is taken pretty much for granted. Yet why is this animal associated with a Christian holiday? Indeed, when...
Sark is a small island (just over five square kilometers) located near Guernsey in the English Channel, just south of Great Britain and around 35 km west of Cherbourg in...
The Greenbrier Ghost is a name popularly given to the the alleged ghost of 23-year-old Elva Zona Heaster, who was found dead in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, on 23 Ja...
Today it is universally known that the brain is the seat of human consciousness and the organ which controls the rest of our body. However, it took our ancestors a very l...
The Mons family was one of the many immigrant families who lived in St. Petersburg’s German Quarter during the time of Peter the Great. Although they weren’t nobility, th...