Why is Friday the 13th considered to be unlucky?
No one knows for sure why Friday the 13th is considered unlucky but the most widely accepted explanation is based on Christianity.
How many World War 2 veterans are still alive in 2020?
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 389,292 of the roughly 16 million American World War II veterans are still alive as of...
Why do we have daylight saving time?
According to Michael Downing, author of Spring Forward: The Annual Madness of Daylight Saving Time, the first daylight saving time policy began in Germany...
Where did Halloween come from and why do we celebrate it?
Halloween started as an ancient Celtic festival called Samhain where people would wear costumes to scare off dead spirits and ghosts. If all you want...
Who are the Kurds and why are they fighting?
The Kurds are an ethnic group of about 30 million people native to a stateless region that straddles the borders of northwestern Iran, northern...