Candy Land was created 70 years ago to give kids stuck in polio wards a way to vicariously move freely in the pursuit of delights. The original board featured a boy in a leg brace about to walk through starting gate of the game.[29] Just 30 minutes of daily complaining can physically d...
George H. W. Bush (1924-) was the first serving vice president to be elected president since Martin Van Buren.[12] William Jefferson “Bill” Clinton (1946-) was the first U.S. Democratic president to win re-election since FDR.[12] Abraham Lincoln was the only presidential candidate who...
Some more random, fun facts about pigeons from the New York Library:via GIPHY Thousands of years ago in North Africa, people built dovecotes to house and raise pigeons for food and to use their droppings as fertilizers. New Yorkers have kept a similar relationship with pigeons by building co...
Fun Facts About Berkeley, California, USA Some fun facts about Berkeley, California, USA: Berkeley has a population of 112,580 Berkeley was named for the Irish theologian and poet George Berkeley Berkeley has one of the highest rates of bicycle commuting in the country Berkeley’s telephone ...
Ten fun facts about Lee De Forest 1. Defying Social Norms Lee De Forest, the son of the President of an African American school, was not afraid to challenge the social norms of his time. Despite the disapproval of his peers, he chose to befriend the black children in his town, showing...
Harry S .Truman(May 8, 1884 to Dec. 26, 1972) served from 1945 to 1953; he was Franklin Roosevelt's vice president during FDR's brief final term. During his time in office, the White House was extensively renovated, and the Trumans had to live in nearby Blair House for two years. ...
Check out these 50 fascinating facts about dogs: Dogs are built to smell Pooriwat Muangwong // Shutterstock Dogs are built to smell A dog's sense of smell is more sensitive than that of humans. A dog's nose contains around 800 different types of olfactory receptor cells, which is about ...
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That’s another thing we have to face facts about. Throughout history, healthy population growth was a positive good—more manpower more than made up for more mouths to feed. But the world is full of people—in many ways, too many people (though I wouldn’t put it quite like that)—...
Check out these 50 fascinating facts about dogs: Gallery Credit: Linda Lombardi Dogs are built to smell Pooriwat Muangwong // Shutterstock Dogs are built to smell A dog's sense of smell is more sensitive than that of humans. A dog's nose contains around800 different types of olfactory recep...