Category: Did You Know?

How did Arkansas get its name? The name Arkansas means “People Downstream” and is of French origin,…

Did You Know? The Solar System is traveling around the galaxy at more than half a million…

Did You Know? The oldest bridge in Paris is the “Pont Neuf”, or “New Bridge”. Henri IV…

Did You Know? Anthony Fauci is an American physician and immunologist who has served as the director…

Did You Know? 17 Million Dollars was the cost of building Disneyland, including the land, in 1954,…

Did You Know? The name “Alaska” is derived from the Aleut “alaxsxaq”, meaning “the mainland” or, more…

Did You Know? In French, Hungarian, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Latvian, Serbian, Croatian, Bosnian, Montenegrin, and Tagalog, the…

Did You Know? The USA has 5% of the world’s population but generates 30% of the world’s…

Did You Know? Until 1884, no newspaper in the world had more than eight pages.

Did You Know? Koalas sleep as many as 22 hours a day! Koala feed almost exclusively on…

Did You Know? “Father of Traffic Safety” William Eno invented the stop sign, speed limit, traffic circle,…

Did You Know? Maria Montessori (1870-1952) is remembered as the first woman to attend medical school in…

Did You Know? How did Arizona Get its Name? The name for the US state “Arizona” has…

Did You Know? Nolan Bushnell, the founder of Atari, invented Pong in 1972, which was the original…

Did You Know? The oldest capital city in the United States is Santa Fe in what is…

Did You Know? It is now thought that a meteor or comet crashed into the earth and…