aFor a hundred years before the Erie was built, people had been talking about a canal which could join the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean. The man who planned the Erie Canal and carried the plan through was De Witt Clinton. Those who were against the canal laughingly called it “Clin...
Why is Plymouth Rock important? Why was the Underground Railroad important to Canadian history? Why was the Battle of Moore's Creek Bridge important? Why was Oliver Mowat important to the Canadian Confederation? Why is the Grand Canyon called the Grand Canyon?
Why was the Battle of the Alamo important? Why was it called the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek? Why was the Whiskey Rebellion important for the federal government? Why was the massacre of Fort Oswego in 1756 important? Why was the Nez Perce War important?
Road salt lowers the freezing point of water via a process called freezing point depression. The freezing point of the water is lowered once the salt is added, so it the salt makes it more difficult for water to freeze. A 10-percent salt solution freezes at 20 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 6...
This common-sense reasoning is, in part, what drives more modern flat-Earth beliefs. In the last century a whole society — the Flat Earth Society — has grown up around it. The 19th-century version was called the Zetetic Society, which eventually disbanded. So what do flat-Earthers reall...
I’m not sure exactly what they put in there, whatever they could come up with at the time, but they ended up with the very first dark ride, which they opened in 1928.They ran a contest to name it, and the little girl who won called it Firefly, but they decided that might imply...
Why is Menes a legendary hero in ancient Egyptian history? Why is the Rosetta Stone so important to Egypt? Why is Herodotus important for the study of Egypt? Why was the Great Sphinx built? Why are the Tarascans important? Why is it called the Red River Rebellion? Why were factories buil...
Why is it called the Red River Rebellion? Why was the Battle of Lake Champlain important? Why was the Battle of Chosin Reservoir important? Why did the Battle of the Plains of Abraham happen? Why was the Battle of Plataea important? Why was the Battle of Brandywine important? Why is the...