History

Time is a funny thing. It can seem like it’s passing by so, so slow…only to have you wake up one day and find that literal years have flown past. It can see as if your kids were just born yesterday when they’re actually ready to start school, or you might swear you just graduated...

Everyone knows that Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone and Thomas Edison came up with the bright idea for the lightbulb, but of course people who invent things never stop with just one thing – and their most famous invention probably wasn’t their first, either. If you’re curious what other things your favorite inventors contributed...

You know how when you’re a kid and you do something wrong, and then you have to decide whether to come clean with your parents or make something up instead, and you always choose the excuse and it’s never a good idea? I think it’s because most human beings can sniff out a lie and...

When something truly awful happens – on purpose, an accident, whatever – that hurts or has the potential to hurt people, the best thing is to own up to it immediately so that the fallout can be mitigated as quickly as possible. Now, that might be the truth (and common sense) but for a lot...

There are some countries in the world that a majority of people would say they would love to visit – Italy, France, England, China, Ireland, Australia… My list actually goes on and on, because there’s hardly anywhere I wouldn’t like to go if I had the chance! Some (or all) of these beloved countries have...

When it comes to traveling the world, there are some countries that seem to end up on most people’s lists. Whether it’s the culture or the sights, maybe the history or people, that draw us to certain places, we want to believe the best about these countries we’ve dreamed of seeing in person. Some (probably...

After the crazy year that we all just lived through, I’m really hoping that humanity and society are only headed in an upward trajectory, but I guess you never really know, right? And that’s why this conversation will be interesting because it’s kind of hard to imagine any of us being nostalgic for a whole...

If you were a child once, there’s a good chance that you were fascinated with dinosaurs. If you’re an adult, there’s a chance that fascination lives on – you love the Jurassic Park movies, and somewhere in the back of your mind, you think it would be pretty awesome to meet a live dinosaur…as long as...