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Germany invaded Poland on this day in 1939, starting World War II. The attack came without any warning or declaration of war.
History of the Holidays: Labor Day
There was Claudette Colvin. We all know the story of Rosa Parks ; the African American woman who quietly, but firmly, refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white male rider because of Jim Crow laws (and, consequently, was the first woman to lie...
Did you know that in the entire 206 year history of the oldest military academy in the U.S., the United States Military Academy at West Point , there's only been two people that graduated without a single demerit point on their record? They both graduated...
Did you know that Herman Melville's 1851 novel, Moby-Dick, or, the Whale , was disliked by Melville's fans and critics alike? Critics not only disliked it, but reported it to be terrible. It wasn't until 70 years after it was published that historians...
That one of the most famous of the literati from the 19th century, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, was traumatized by watching his wife catch on fire and burn to death? Well, I sure didn't. Apparently she had been melting wax to seal envelopes with cuttings...
If so, I need to join. Clearly I can't be trusted with a 20 count bag of Pillsbury biscuits in the house. I've baked two batches already today and between me and the kids we've consumed 12 hot, flaky, fantastic, heavenly biscuits. Yes, that's four a piece...