Isabella Thornton
Wartime Hippo: Belle The Hippo Survived The Siege Of Leningrad Thanks To Her Caretaker
From the horrors of the Holocaust to the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, World War II had...
Prehistoric Fossil Discovered at Ireland’s Famous Cliffs of Moher
Along the western coast of Ireland, we find the famous Cliffs of Moher. Roughly five miles long and reaching...
13 Forts As Old As America You Can Still Visit
The United States built its military might even before it became its own country, a legacy it continues to...
13 Facts About D-Day Your History Textbooks Left Out
Allied forces invaded the beaches of Normandy in northern France on June 6, 1944. The World War II battle,...
Deadly Cyclone Helps New Zealand Paleontologists Discover Extinct Marine Predators
Most of the time, the planet hides its ancient secrets, but from time to time, Mother Nature tips her...
JFK Finally Made It to the Moon
On September 12, 1962, then-President John F. Kennedy spoke to a crowd at Houston’s Rice University about his support...
14 Tips and Tricks that Helped Your Great-Grandparents Survive the Great Depression
When the stock market crashed in 1929, the United States was plunged into the Great Depression, which lasted for...
The Smartest Man Who Ever Lived, Died As A Low-level Office Clerk
We’ve all heard stories of questionable parenting tactics some overzealous parents have used on their children in hopes of...
How an Illiterate Cherokee Man Single-Handedly Saved His Mother Tongue
According to the Administration for Native Americans, of the 245 recognized, distinct, Native American languages in the U.S., 65...