What Exactly Is the History Behind Mardi Gras?
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Atlantic Coast in 2005, New Orleans, and the region as a whole, gained more prominence in the national and international news, and rightly so.
After Hurricane Katrina devastated the Atlantic Coast in 2005, New Orleans, and the region as a whole, gained more prominence in the national and international news, and rightly so.
With unemployment running at all-time highs for a significant length of time, it should come as no surprise that many Americans are getting more open to employment options— according to a new survey, we’re changing the way we look at temp work, in particular.
You've probably heard this before that toilet seats are actually a lot cleaner than some products you use on a daily basis. Let's start with ATM machines and talk about how many germs are on there that you may not even think about. Did you know that hotels/motels only clean their bedspreads once a year in that?
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1935 – Bruno Hauptmann goes on trial for the murder of Charles Lindbergh, Jr., infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh (More info)
1942 – In the largest espionage case in United States history, the FBI convicts 33 members of the Duquesne Spy Ring (More info)
This is the perfect time of year to think about anything that involves a beach, and there’s almost nothing more beautiful to do on a beach than get married. But where in the world are the best places for that dream beach wedding?
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The only two pictures people take that are bound to always be bad are driver's license photos and criminal mugshots. Thankfully, the internet is full of only one of them unless there is a hilarious website of driver's license photos that we have yet to find.
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This is probably nothing our readers would ever think of doing, but a lot of people love ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2′ so much that they watch it illegally online. It’s true! TorrentFreak proved this fact by putting together a list of the 10 most-downloaded movies on BitTorrent, the file-sharing service, for the past year.
It's been quite a year with plenty of scandals, shootings, trials and more. I started thinking about some of the major events that stuck out in my mind including the Arizona shootings, earthquakes in Japan, Casey Anthony and several others. Che
Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:
1170 – Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by knights acting on the orders of King Henry II (More info)
1851 – The first YMCA in the US opens in Boston, Massachusetts (More info)