Articles by Dan Lewis

Pirate garb is known for a few signature items: bandannas, tri-corner hats, overcoats, and of course, eye [...]

In the early 1900s, at age 12, Percy Spencer, an orphan, was a grammar school dropout working in a mill.   [...]

Of the coast of Sao Paolo, Brazil sits Ilha de Queimada Grande, or as its known colloquially in English, [...]

World War I began in the summer of 1914, as hostilities between European nations boiled over into violence.  [...]

Rondônia is a state in Brazil, located in the country’s northwest, sharing a border with Bolivia.  [...]

In the early part of this century, South Africa had a reputation — a well-deserved one, at that — [...]

Oranges come in many varieties, but the navel orange, pictured right, is probably one of the most common.  [...]

The sculptures pictured above are not as big as they seem.  In fact, they’re not much larger than the [...]

In the summer of 2008, the United States’ economy saw its highest levels of inflation in a almost two [...]

Hangman — a short, easy to play game: all one needs is a pencil, piece of paper, and a friend.  A [...]