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Famous “Bro Pairs” In Pop Culture (And Real Life)

Sometimes things are just better in pairs. Salt and pepper, coconut and chocolate, peanut butter and jelly, peas and carrots, beer and chicken wings, the list goes… Read more “Famous “Bro Pairs” In Pop Culture (And Real Life)”

I’ve been attempting to delve into learning strange facts about U.S. presidents in conjunction with also writing a “jig” style song with a line about each president.… Read more “I Was Today Years Old When I Learned That Andrew Johnson Made His Own Suits…And About “Billy Possum!””

I was today years old when I learned that U.S. President Chester A. Arthur had a wife whom was…quite lovely! I know that there MUST be a… Read more “I Was Today Years Old When I Learned…”

Just started watching History Channel series about Ulysses S. Grant! Let’s see…U.S Civil War, men in uniform, drama, battles and beards, beards, beards! Only thing missing is… Read more “I’m In History Heaven! Grant Series On History Channel😊”

Not really much to report today…it marks the ninth day my husband and I have been “self quarantining,” thanks to a wildly contagious virus out there virus… Read more “Quarantine Day 9 Update – Tuesday, March 24, 2020”

Once, while on a camping trip, I was sitting in my car. My husband wasn’t quite done with getting his beauty sleep, and while I was doing… Read more “Michigan Counties – What’s In a Name?”

Editor’s note: This post may contain potentially tear-jerking material. Do not read if you have a tendency to lose your emotional composure when reading heartbreaking stories involving… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 11, 2019 – Ground Zero’s Rescue Dogs (TRIGGER WARNING)”

Fordlandîa, located deep in the Amazon rain forest in Brazil, was operational between 1928 and 1934. In the 1920s, automaker Henry Ford wanted to build a “colony”… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 10, 2019 – Fordlandia – Henry Ford’s Abandoned Rubber City”

Thalidomide caused widespread deformities in babies born throughout Europe (particularly the limbs). The drug, which was prescribed in the 1950s for morning sickness, is thought to have… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 8, 2019 – The Doctor Who Said “No” To Thalidomide”

William McKinley was the last U.S. president to be a veteran of the U.S. Civil War. Other U.S. presidents who were U.S. Civil War veterans were Ulysses… Read more “Fact Du Jour – September 3, 2019 – Presidents Who Served in the U.S. Civil War”