A Lawmaker Tried To Get Americans To Eat Hippo Meat, AKA “Lake Bacon”
About this time in 1910, a member of Congress thought the next big food trend would be hippo meat.
Charlie Brown Is A Blockhead, But He Did Star In A Great Christmas Special
Today in 1965, CBS broadcast “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” It's one of the iconic TV holiday specials today, but pretty much everyone who put the TV special together thought it was going to be a failure.
When Gas Was In Short Supply, Some Europeans Drove Firewood-Powered Cars
During National Car Donation Month, some drivers may trade out gas-powered cars and trucks for electric ones. But EVs aren't the only alternative: for decades, people have built and driven cars powered by firewood.
Queen Elizabeth II Had A Bunch Of Birthdays
The late Queen Elizabeth II once said being a royal meant your life was full of tradition. And there was a lot to tradition to keep track of - like how her birthday was celebrated more than once each year.
Home For The Holidays
No place like it.
We’re Grateful For Off The Wall Thanksgiving Sides
Happy Thanksgiving - and are you really gonna eat that?
The Many One True Birthplaces Of Memorial Day
Officially, the community that started Memorial Day is Waterloo, New York. But Waterloo is definitely not the only place with a Memorial Day origin story.
Roombas! In! Spaaaaaaace!
Astronauts have a lot of cleaning to do. But there are plans for a new system that would disinfect the interiors of spacecrafts and space stations with ultraviolet lights.