Historic Events
8 Interesting Facts About The Battle of the Alamo
The Alamo Mission was founded in 1718 in the San Antonio area of Texas, and was designed to educate the Native Americans.
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People & Civilizations
30 Inventive Facts About Nikola Tesla
When Nikola Tesla moved to New York City from Europe, he arrived with only four cents in his pocket.
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People & Civilizations
30 Awesome Facts About Vikings
500 years before Christopher Columbus “found” the shores of America, the Vikings landed on what is now Canada around 1000 AD.
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Historic Events
30 Facts About The Battle of Hastings For Kids
In order to reach Hastings, the Normans sailed about 700 ships across the English Channel.
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Art & Design
30 Impressive Facts About Vincent van Gogh
During his lifetime, van Gogh created about 2,100 pieces of art. Most of them were done in the last 2 years of his life.
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People & Civilizations
30 Interesting Facts About King Henry VIII
Henry VIII’s shortest marriage was to Anne of Cleves, lasting only 6 months and 3 days.
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People & Civilizations
25 Incredible Facts About Albert Einstein
There's a part of the brain that deals with handling sensory information. Einstein’s was 15% larger than the average persons.
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Transportation
The Life and Death of the Concorde
The last Concorde to fly our skies was run by British Airways on October 24, 2003 from New York's JFK Airport to London Heathrow.
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Space
The History of Space Travel Timeline
Albert II became the first monkey in space on June 14, 1949, in a specially adapted US V2 rocket.
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People & Civilizations
51 Fast Facts About Donald Trump That You Should Know
Donald Trump’s family name was originally Drumpf or Drumpft and was changed just after the Thirty Years’ War in the 1600s.
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Space
When Were the Planets Discovered in Our Solar System?
A day on Uranus lasts 17 Earth hours, and a year on the planet equates to 84 years on Earth.
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Technology
Goodbye Gun Emoji, Hello Water Pistol!
Did you know that in 2016 Apple changed their gun emoji to a water pistol due to growing despair over global gun crime?
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