Why Do We Celebrate Veterans Day?
Why Do We Celebrate Veterans Day? Many Americans mistakenly believe that Veterans Day is the day America sets aside to honor American military personnel who died in...
Read MoreWhy Do We Celebrate Veterans Day? Many Americans mistakenly believe that Veterans Day is the day America sets aside to honor American military personnel who died in...
Read MoreWhere Did the Dollar Sign Come From? No one really knows where the dollar sign ($) came from. The probable explanation is that it comes from the design stamped on the...
Read MoreHow Did People Clean Their Teeth Before Toothbrushes Were Invented? Most people today clean their teeth with brushes made of plastic and nylon. But if you had lived one...
Read MoreWhen Were Pajamas Invented? Traditionally, many Americans donned a long night shirt before going to bed up until the late 1880’s. But, after English colonialists...
Read MoreWhere Did the Word Yankee Come From? The origin of the famous nickname “Yankee” for Americans is a mystery. Scholars once thought it came from “Yengees,” the American...
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