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 to know is where Halloween got…
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Who was General Tso and why is chicken named after him?
General Tso’s Chicken is named after Chinese statesman and military leader Zuo Zongtang (a.k.a General Tso, Tso Tsung-t’ang, and Marquis Kejing), however, he personally had nothing to do with the…
How many countries have nuclear weapons in 2024?
As of 2024, nine countries are known to have nuclear weapons. There are about 14,000 nuclear weapons in the world, a number that has been declining since the Cold War…
What is the deepest hole in the world as of 2024?
The Kola Superdeep Borehole is the deepest hole in the world as of January 2024. In 1970, Soviet scientists began drilling the Kola Superdeep Borehole in Murmansk Oblast, Russia in an…
How many McDonald’s are there in 2024?
As of January 2024, there are a staggering 40,275 McDonald’s restaurants operating worldwide! That’s a lot of Big Macs and McNuggets! There are over 14,000 McDonald’s locations in the U.S….
Is there a bridge, tunnel, or ferry connecting Alaska and Russia?
While there is evidence that building a bridge or tunnel might be possible to connect these two locations, one does not exist as of January 2024. There also is no…
How many World War 2 veterans are still alive in 2024?
The Department of Veterans Affairs estimated around 240,000 WWII veterans living in the U.S. as of September 2023. Projecting a similar decline as in recent years, there could be roughly…
Where did the tennis scoring system come from?
2023 The are multiple theories of where the tennis scoring system came from. I’ve summarized those here. In sports, if you don’t score, a common saying is that you scored…
How many ‘United States Capitol Police’ officers are there?
11/7/2023 EDIT: The United States Capitol Police (USCP) now has nearly 1,900 officers and around 300 civilian employees according to the USCP website. The United States Capitol Police (USCP) is…
Is there pumpkin in pumpkin spice?
There generally is no pumpkin in pumpkin spice (a.k.a pumpkin pie spice). The name comes from pumpkin spice giving pumpkin pie its distinct flavor, not its ingredients. Recently, some companies…