Where did the Easter bunny and Easter eggs come from?
It's very bizarre that rabbits and colored eggs are used to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus, especially since rabbits don't lay eggs.There are a...
Would detonating a nuclear bomb really turn a desert into glass?
Yes, it would. Well, at least a portion of it. We know this because that is exactly what happened when Trinity was detonated over...
What is the difference between the United Kingdom, England, Great Britain, and Britain?
I'm going to start off using high-level terms and get more specific as the post goes on. I'll also be using the terms island,...
Who was Saint Patrick?
St. Patrick's Day is the celebration of the arrival of Christianity in Ireland and Irish culture in general. But who is St. Patrick?St. Patrick is the...
Why do we have daylight saving time?
While on an early-morning horseback ride around the London countryside in 1905, a man named William Willett had an epiphany. He thought that the...