Tag: Did You Know?

  This Day in History – January 1st 1892 Ellis Island opens in Upper New York Bay….

Did You Know? The Moon is moving away from Earth at a rate of about 1.5 inches…

Did You Know? July 19th is National Ice-Cream Day! Did you know that Mr. Baskin and Mr….

Did You Know? Donald Duck’s nephews-Huey, Dewey, and Louie-were named after Louisiana politician Huey Long, New York…

Did You Know? Back in 1964 a writer & producer named Gene Roddenberry was trying to sell…

Did You Know? In 1893 New Zealand became the First Nation in the world to grant full…

How did Delaware get its name? In 1610 explorer Samuel Argall named the newfound Delaware River and…

Did You Know? The Terms “uppercase” and “lowercase” came from the early days of the printing press.

How did Connecticut get its name? The state is named for the Connecticut River which approximately bisects…

Did You Know? Chess didn’t start as a game. It was a tool meant to train military…

Did You Know? February 17th is “Random Acts of Kindness Day” Go ahead and do something nice…

Did You Know? Rome, Italy, has more stray cats per square mile than any other city in…

Did You Know? Jeans were named after Genova, Italy, where the first denim cloth was made.

Did You Know? A snowflake can take up to an hour to fall from a cloud to…

Did You Know? For 48 years after canned food was invented, people who wanted to eat it…

This Day in History January 9th, 2007 The iPhone was unveiled. Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the…