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No matter your age, there's always something so satisfying about learning new, interesting fun facts. Even better when you get to share those tidbits in conversation. Lull, avoided.
At age 12, he learned the alphabet from the slaveholder's wife, however, his lessons were soon discontinued on the belief that it would foster a desire for freedom. But it was already too late.
The past can be quite fascinating.Those of us living in the present find it really interesting what life was like 50, 100, or even a 1,000 years ago. Luckily, we can go almost 200 years to the ...
While modern life expectancies are much higher than those in the Middle Ages and earlier, [18] [19] adults in the Middle Ages did not die in their 30s on average. That was the life expectancy at birth, which was skewed by high infant and adolescent mortality. The life expectancy among adults was much higher; [20] a 21-year-old man in medieval ...
In the episode on kings, he says, "History isn't necessarily what happened. It's often what people want us to think happened." He uses the following examples: Richard the Lionheart was actually a bad king, who only saw England (which he hated) as a means to finance his warmongering. Richard III did a lot of good for England. Modern perceptions ...
The group was activated on 17 December 1944 at Wendover Army Air Field, Utah. It was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Paul W. Tibbets . Because it contained flying squadrons equipped with Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers , C-47 Skytrain , and C-54 Skymaster transport aircraft , the group was designated as a "composite", rather than a ...
Interesting facts shown as lightbulbs on post-it notes. ... Interesting Facts for Adults. 11. If you cut down a cactus in Arizona, it can result in a class 4 felony and up to 25 years in prison ...
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