In June 1972, five burglars were arrested after breaking into the Democratic Party’s national headquarters at the...
World Short Story
World Short Story
Near the pyramids of Giza, you can find the Great Sphinx—a massive statue bearing the head of...
America owes most of its social prejudices to the exaggerated religious opinions of the different sects which...
In 1942, after Great Britain refused to grant immediate independence to India, Mohandas Gandhi launched the Quit...
In ice dancing, couples are required to perform choreographed dance routines on ice. It differs from pair...
Heyerdahl was a Norwegian adventurer with a passion for cultural anthropology. After a trip to Polynesia convinced...
Hemophilia is a sex-linked genetic disease in which the body’s ability to control bleeding is impaired due...
Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor, came to power just before the outbreak of war with...
Though toothpaste as we know it today is only about a century old, dental hygiene has long...
The Statue of Liberty—officially “Liberty Enlightening the World”—is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. It...
The black-and-white giant panda lives in the mountain forests of central China. Though it primarily feeds on...
The monarchical absolutism of King Louis XIV of France destroyed the roots of feudalism, but outward feudal...
In 1885, the Conference of Berlin placed Niger under French control, and, in 1922, the territory became...
Though justified by Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on grounds that Kuwait was historically part of Iraq, Iraq’s...
The London Bridge of nursery-rhyme fame was built around 1200. Damaged by many fires over the years,...
Duncan was a pioneer of modern dance. Though born in the US, she was never very popular...
Although Defoe achieved literary immortality with the novel Robinson Crusoe and is called the father of modern...