Tim Wong Became The Best Friend A Rare Butterfly Ever Had
It's National Learn About Butterflies Day, so here’s the story of a guy who turned his backyard into a habitat for a rare type of butterfly, and it worked out pretty well.
SS Baychimo, The “Ghost Ship” That Kept Reappearing In The Ocean
This month in 1962, one of the last appearances of a ship that would reappear from time to time off the western coast of North America, decades after it was abandoned.
Mitchelville Was The First US Town Led By Formerly Enslaved People
This month in 1863, the founding of a town that made history: Mitchelville was the first town in the United States to be governed by formerly enslaved people.
The “Petticoat Rulers” Of Jackson, Wyoming
Women’s History Month is here, and in 1920 a group of women made history in Jackson, Wyoming, as one of the first-ever all-female town councils in the United States.
In The 1950s, Groups Of College Students Tried To Cram Themselves Into Phone Booths
In the landline era, if you were out in the world and needed to call someone, you usually had to find a phone booth to do it - and at one time, college students tried to cram themselves into those booths by the dozens.
For 18 Days, Lake Champlain Was A Great Lake
Today in 1998, a little-noticed line in a funding bill for the National Sea Grant Program led the United States to declare that there were not five but six Great Lakes.
During World War II, The US Used Trampolines To Train Pilots
Today in 1945, George Nissen received the patent for a “tumbling device” which we now call the trampoline. And during World War II that invention became a key part of training fighter pilots.
Edith Keating Let The World See What The World Looked Like From The Air
Today in 1884 was probably the birthdate of a pioneer in aerial photography, Edith Keating.
King Cakes: Two Holidays, Three Colors, Lots Of Little Plastic Babies
In New Orleans, king cake is a Mardi Gras tradition, though it's one that started with an earlier holiday.
There’s An Official Spanish-Language Version Of “The Star-Spangled Banner”
“The Star-Spangled Banner” became the national anthem of the United States more than a century after it was written. Another fun fact about the anthem: there's an official Spanish-language version.