Chicago. You may know it as the Windy City, or the City of Big Shoulders. The city is synonymous with pizza, comedy, the blues and the Cubbies. No matter how familiar you are with the second city, I bet you didn’t know this…
A Well Read City
After the Chicago fire in 1871, Queen Victoria of England […]

Eating is a normal, everyday occurrence; however, eating non-stop is neither healthy nor normal. Drinking alcohol is normal. Drinking too much leads to drinking problems. Likewise, worrying and anxiety to a degree are normal, but too much can lead to a host of problems. According to YourMedicalSource.com, 19 million people excessively worry and suffer […]

Ever wonder why how Venezuela got its name or why the Amazon is the Amazon? See if you know how these places got their names.
1. The Caribbean country name, “Jamaica,” comes from the original inhabitant, Arawak Indian words for “Island of water springs.”
2. The island nation of the Maldives gets its name from the […]

The world around us is a fascinating, intriguing, and sometimes oddball place. Take a look at these out-of-the-ordinary geography facts. How many do you know?
1. The Incan Empire of Ecuador and Peru was already five hundred years old when the Spanish explorers came to the Andes in the 16th century.
2. The Arctic is […]

An ostrich has a very small brain, no bigger than its eye.
Your stomach will begin to digest itself if it does not produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks.
Watch your calories and don’t lick your stamps. You consume 1/10 of a calorie when you do.
If someone calls you a “twit” you are […]

The giant manatee is a monster of a mammal that can grow 15 feet long. It may look ominous but it is harmless; its diet consists solely aquatic plants. It is one of the few mammals who spend their entire lives in water.
The buttes and pinnacles of Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, […]

We’ve all heard of fiber optics. They’re used in our telephone and cable lines and yes, they’re used for Christmas and other holiday decorations. But what is fiber optics and how do they work? The answers may surprise you.
· Fiber optics is optically pure strands of glass no wider than the breadth of a human hair. […]

1. Blue jeans were invented by Levi Strauss in 1873.
2. The denim fabric used to make jeans was originally called “Genes” and came from Genoa, Italy.
3. Jeans were created for coal miners in California, who were wearing out their pants quickly while working hard in the mines.
4. The metal rivets that […]

Everyone is afraid of something, whether they will admit to it or not. While fears of heights, spiders, water and snakes are fairly common, there are people in the world who suffer from stranger aversions and fears.
Can you imagine going through life with ambulophobia, or the fear of walking? Or how […]

1. This well-known television personality was the dean of children’s entertainers for 29 years, with the help of furry critters – one wore glasses, and one danced. A farmer donning overalls was his sidekick. His show, which was canceled in 1984, was the longest-running children’s program in television history. Who is it? […]