Did you know that Lady Liberty would wear a size 879 shoe if she was a real person? What about the fact that it cost $500,000 (or over $10 million in today’s money) to build the Statue? In honor of ...

Growing up, “Teddie” was a sickly child who suffered from asthma. His father, who wanted a rugged son, was completely disappointed. Teddie decided that he would “make his body” and enrolled in...

Download a larger image and share the photo with your class, then try these discussion questions and classroom activities:   Why do people travel all the way to Blarney Castle to kiss the Bl...

That’s right. You don’t have to be Arnold Schwarzenegger to hold the weight of two elephants on your shoulders, but you do have to have a full head of hair. The locks of the average person (who ha...

The first organization of countries was the League of Nations, which was founded in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles. Its main goal was “to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace ...

The land down under is known for many things – beautiful coastlines, surfing paradise, and punchy kangaroos to name just a few – but what the mainland is not known for are active volcanoes, which ...

While the ear includes both an inner and outer area, the external portion actually goes by another name. Known as the pinna (and also auricle), this part of the body acts as an acoustic antenna and is...

When Thomas Jefferson became president, one of his top priorities was to purchase the port of New Orleans, located at the mouth of the Mississippi River on the Gulf of Mexico. He wanted to own this la...

Did you know there has been the same number of presidents born in Texas as in North Carolina? How about the fact that more presidents have been born in Virginia than any other state? Surprisingly, the...

Russia was more than willing to sell off its Alaska territory to the United States because it was nervous of losing it in war, particularly to Great Britain. The state was difficult to defend and very...