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February 1: Alexander Selkirk is Rescued After Being Stranded on a Deserted Island for Four Years, This is Thought to Have Inspired Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe

February 1, 2012 Daven Hiskey

This Day In History: February 1, 1709 On this day in history, 1709, Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was finally rescued from a deserted island he inhabited for over four years. The island he found himself on was Más a Tierra, the largest island of the Juan Fernández group of islands, around 400 miles west of South America. Today the island […]

10 Food Myths Dispelled

January 31, 2012 Noreen

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January 30: President Andrew Jackson Beats Richard Lawrence with a Cane After Lawrence Attempted to Assassinate Jackson

January 30, 2012 Daven Hiskey

This Day In History: January 30, 1835 On this day in history, 1835, Richard Lawrence became the first known person to attempt to assassinate a U.S. President, attempting to fire two guns at Andrew Jackson at close range. His assassination attempt failed only because the guns he pointed at Jackson jammed when he pulled the trigger. Interestingly, when the guns […]

10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled (Part4)

January 16, 2012 Noreen

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10 Common Misconceptions Dispelled (Part 3)

January 12, 2012 Daven Hiskey

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8 Animal Myths Dispelled

January 6, 2012 Daven Hiskey

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10 More Common Misconceptions Dispelled

December 31, 2011 Daven Hiskey

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The Truth Behind 5 Old Wives’ Tales

December 27, 2011 Daven Hiskey

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Black Friday: History, Myths, and Facts

November 18, 2011 Daven Hiskey

Embed This Infographic: Source: Today I Found Out How the Black Friday Tradition Got Started While it wasn’t called “Black Friday” until the 1960s, and then not popularly called such until the last two decades, retailers have been trying to push people to shop the Friday after Thanksgiving since the late 19th /early 20th century. Around this time, it was […]

Five Iconic Items That Were Invented Accidentally

November 4, 2011 Noreen

Embed This Infographic On Your Site: Source: Today I Found Out 1) Super Glue was Invented by Accident, Twice Super Glue, also known as cyanoacrylate, was originally discovered in 1942 by Dr. Harry Coover, who recently died on March 26th, 2011. Coover was attempting to make clear plastic gun sights to be put on guns used by Allied […]

10 More Fascinating Food Facts

September 28, 2011 Noreen

Embed This Infographic Source: Today I found out 1) Pre-Sliced Bread was Once Banned in the United States In 1943, Claude R. Wickard, the head of the War Foods Administration as well as the Secretary of Agriculture, got the bright idea to ban pre-sliced bread in America, which he did on January 18, 1943. The specific reasons behind this aren’t […]

How Maple Syrup Is Made

August 22, 2011 Noreen

Embed This Infographic Source: Today I found out How to Make Maple Syrup Ever find yourself sitting there enjoying a stack of pancakes dripping with melted butter and maple syrup (getting hungry aren’t you?) and find yourself wondering, “I wonder how maple syrup is made?” …. Ya me neither. However, on the off chance you’re out of maple syrup and […]