October 6, 2011 0 Hawaii Dollars The U.S. Constitution specifically gives Congress the power to coin money, and an 1884 Supreme Court [...]
October 5, 2011 0 Early Warning Lemurs On August 23, 2011, an earthquake of magnitude 5.8 struck central Virginia, causing reverberations up and [...]
October 4, 2011 0 Brown Bear, Banned Bear In 1967, Bill Martin, Jr. collaborated with author and illustrator Eric Carle (who wrote The Very Hungry [...]
October 3, 2011 0 Garbage City Cairo, the capital of Egypt, is one of the largest urban areas in the world, with over 6.5 million [...]
September 28, 2011 0 Temporary Blindness Go to a mirror and look at either of your eyes. Then, while keeping your head still, look at the other one. [...]
September 27, 2011 0 Tomato War Food fights are a hallmark element of many American coming of age movies, as high schoolers or college [...]
September 26, 2011 0 Turkey and Chickens In 1963, France and West Germany placed a tariff on the importation of chicken. For the United States this [...]
September 23, 2011 0 The World’s Littlest Skyscraper The movie This is Spinal Tap is one of the first “mockumentaries” — a documentary-style [...]
September 22, 2011 0 Patent Leather Shoes In 1987, music superstar Michael Jackson released Bad, one of his most popular albums, with over 30 million [...]
September 21, 2011 0 The Birth of a Shoe Company Kenneth Cole is a fashion giant. The company is publicly traded and is worth over $200 million. They have [...]