Palm reading. This practice is seen as strange by some and downright silly by most. However, what many people do not understand is that it has a long history an...
If you ever thought the story of Santa Claus was a little wonky, you might get a kick out of this article. According to a piece by Douglas Main of Live Science,...
When one thinks of witches, they usually imagine the green-faced Witch of the West from The Wizard of Oz or the witch from the story of Hansel and Gretel. Howev...
There’s something cool happening down in New Mexico – and no, it is not a reboot of Breaking Bad.
In 2014, the average home in the United States used a whopp...
Growing up in the Pacific Northwest, I commonly came across bent trees that were not remotely shaped like their neighbors. My parents told me it was a tree that...
Avocados! We all love them, but sometimes they can be a bit tricky to understand. For those of us not well versed in the life cycle of avocados and how to selec...
The Steamboat Arabia left Kansas City in 1856 for a routine supply trip up the Missouri River. It was carrying 200Â tons of precious cargo that was on its way to...
It is a common belief that when one dies, they come back as another lifeform. This means in another life; one could have been an explorer or a famous ruler. Som...
Edward Sheriff Curtis was born on a Wisconsin farm in 1868 and later grew up to become a commercial photographer based in Seattle. He photographed Princess Ange...
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide ("LSD") is a powerful hallucinogenic drug that alters your perception of the outside world. LSD ranks pretty high, on the list of dru...
Through a series of synchronicities, I stumbled upon the book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up – the Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing ...
Otis Johnson went to prison in 1975 for the attempted murder of a police officer. He was 25. It was not until he was 69 that he got out.
He noted that the CI...