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."
Alberto Manzi Convinced Italians That “It’s Never Too Late” To Learn
Today in 1924, the birthday of Alberto Manzi, who taught millions of Italian adults to read and write through a TV show.
Rock Fans In The Soviet Union Turned Old X-Ray Plates Into Bootleg LPs
In the 1940s and 50s, some people in the Soviet Union broke the law and produced makeshift records on old X-ray plates just to hear Western music that the government censored.