Elvis Once Bought A Yacht That Franklin Roosevelt Used As President
Today in 1964, Elvis Presley donated a historic ship to help a Memphis hospital raise money. That ship had once been a favorite hangout for President Franklin Roosevelt.
Walk On This High-Tech Goo And It’ll Make Electricity
A team at the University of Guelph has developed a substance that can generate electricity and could help in a multitude of medical situations. What is it? High-tech slime.
Long Before He Was President, Abraham Lincoln Was A Tavern Owner
The 16th President has been called the Great Emancipator, Honest Abe, The Railsplitter… and if you go far enough into his backstory, you can call him "Bartender In Chief."
For One Supreme Court Nominee, The Nation’s Number One Question Was About His Mustache
Today in 1833, the birthday of Melville Fuller. He would eventually become Chief Justice of the United States, but not before the country asked whether a member of the US Supreme Court could be fair and objective if he has a mustache (!)
Margaret Horton Hung Onto The Tail Of A British Warplane As It Took Off And Flew
This week in 1945, a fascinating fact for anyone who didn’t have to live it firsthand: wartime airplane mechanic Margaret Horton accidentally ended up airborne on the tail of a plane.
What Football Was Like Before The Forward Pass
Football fans will be watching this weekend for some of those spectacular passes that can change the course of a game. Amazingly, there was a time when the forward pass was against the rules of the sport.
Classical Music Can Calm A Fetus’s Heart Rate
There’s new research that shows just how powerful music can be: it found that classical music can have a positive physical effect on a baby before it’s born.
Turn-On, The TV Show That Got Pulled Off The Air During Its Premiere
Today in 1969 was the premiere of Turn-On, a show that the ABC network more or less turned off during its first episode.
How Wichita Falls, Texas Became Home To “The World’s Littlest Skyscraper”
Today in 2004, a historic designation for a district in Wichita Falls, Texas. One of the buildings that makes that district so historic is the Newby-McMahon Building, also known as the "world’s littlest skyscraper."
Lennie Gwyther Made A 600 Mile Solo Trip On Horseback At Age Nine
Today in 1932, the start of a road trip you don’t see too often: a nine year old and his horse set off through Australia by themselves for more than 600 miles.