Five Poorest U.S. Presidents
When most of us think about the Presidents of the United States, we think about rich people who spend the rest of their lives living off of book deals and speaking engagements. However, this is not so. Many Presidents had problems making ends meet and some of them actually went bankrupt! They were the poorest U.S. Presidents. Everyone who become President is not a millionaire or independently wealthy. Here are five of our leaders who almost literally lived in the poor house.
False Facts About The Founding Fathers
A lot of lies appear in the news these days to push a political agenda. What gets Americans going is when people state "That's what the Founding Father's intended..." Most of this is completely false. It's hard to imagine what they actually wanted or intended, but if you connect the dots, you can see how they felt about certain things. We can gather this from the writings they left behind (you know...stuff like The Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, The Federalist Papers, etc...) and their personal journals. A lot of people may be upset about the revelation that some of these Facts About The Founding Fathers that are blatantly false, but you can't rewrite history - even if you want to... Read more...
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I Never Learned This In School: American Revolution
From our History files comes this little bit of information that you might never have known. They certainly didn't tell you in school. That would have made History class more fun! Here are some facts behind the myths we've been told about the American Revolution and our Founding Fathers. For a country that wants to know the 'truth' about everything, we've sure been given the 'story' for a long time. Read more...
Five People Born on March 16
Today is March 16, 2010 and the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 289 days left in the year 2010. According the Mayan calendar, there are 1011 days till the end of the current cycle. On this date, in 1926, Robert Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket. Here are five people that share a birthday on this day: Read more...
