Hybrid cars made big headlines as gas prices soared over three bucks a gallon in the U.S. and even though news reports have touched base on what a Hybrid does, many people still don’t know what a Hybrid is!
What is a Hybrid?
The media has said that a Hybrid is “The Next Generation of Smart […]

Detroit cashed in big time, manufacturing large cars that became even more vogue after World War II, providing safety and space for families of the soldiers who returned home.
By 1964 people were ready for something smaller and a little more exciting. Ford was more than happy to fill the bill. Their new car was launched […]

Sears wasn’t always the mega department store and giant catalog sales provider it is today. It began quite humbly in 1886 when railway-station agent Richard Sears found himself “burdened” with a shipment of gold-filled watches, refused by the addressee.
Since they were so inexpensive, Sears decided to buy the watches himself for resale. […]

By the time the eccentric master showman, Liberace, died in 1987, the gifted pianist had been dubbed “the kindhearted king of the keyboard.” It was said his one goal in life was “to make people happy on an international scale.”
His garish wardrobe – which included such items as a gold-lame jacket later copied by […]

Being one of the fastest growing crimes in the United States, people are searching out new ways to protect their identities from potential thieves. Identity theft is when a person obtains crucial bits of information about your identity with the intent to use the good credit standing of the victim, and even access their bank […]

Out of the three kinds of tea, green tea is the only tea that is not fermented, thus keeping the antioxidants powerful, as most antioxidants are lost during the fermenting process. With such powerful antioxidants, green tea has been proven to help the body fight against the agents that mutate cells, and cause you to […]

Income Tax first made its appearance during the Civil War, and then only as a (temporary) war measure. Congress later tried unsuccessfully to re-establish it during the depression of the 1890s. The Supreme Court put its hand up, however, ruling that it posed a “communistic threat” to property and was therefore unconstitutional.
The barrier […]

Did you know that the Roaring Twenties saw women dressed in dashing, slim attire, while in 1947 Christian Dior’s fashions highlighted tiny waists and voluminous skirts, and the “feminine fifties,” with emphasis on home and family, put focus on shirtwaist dresses for “the proper woman?”
Did you know that it was glamour girl Louise Brooks who […]

Making their appearance as bell-ringing Santas collecting donations at Christmastime, the Salvation Army offers its services in more than 80 countries. Members live frugally, avoid alcohol and tobacco, and offer aid to all who need.
Begun in 1865 through the efforts of Methodist preacher, William Booth, early salvationers were London slum dwellers urged to embrace […]

The popular frog known as Kermit is left handed.
Creamer, the non-dairy kind, is flammable.
It is estimated that 15% of people chew on their toenails.
Dreamt is the only English word ending in the letters mt.
You have to have your back to the sun in order to see a rainbow.
The first use of toilet paper was by […]