It is one of the most famous prehistoric mammals and the best known saber-toothed cat. Although commonly known as the saber-toothed tiger, it was not closely related to the tiger or other modern cats. Smilodon lived in the Americas during the Pleistocene epoch (2.5 mya – 10,000 years ago). The…
Contrary to myth, the Puritans did have fun. There were celebrations and festivals. People sang and told stories. Children were allowed to play games with their parents’ permission. Puritans had fun by playing games, singing songs, celebrating with festivals, and drinking wine and beer. Life was not all gloom and…
The Puritans emphasized that they did not wish to destroy the Church of England, nor did they want to separate from it. Their sole aim was to restore it to its original purity. The Puritans left England in protest of the Church of England out of fear of persecution and…
I knew that the Pushcart War had never actually happened––not in 1976, not in 1986, not ever. And yet the book felt tethered to the real world in a way I hadn’t yet encountered in fiction. Is The Pushcart War Based on a true story? Development and publication history She…
It is heavily implied by the film that he and Christine have sex after he initially leads her through the mirror post-debut. He is sleeping with this emotionally vulnerable and confused girl under the pretense of being someone he is not. She does have a child with the Phantom. It…
Miss World Philippines is a beauty pageant in the Philippines that selects the country’s representatives to the Miss World, one of the Big Four international beauty pageants. Prior to Miss World Philippines, the title was awarded through the Miss Republic of the Philippines pageant from 1966 to 1996, then by…
Of course, the MOST exciting thing about the ancient Picts is that they were heavily tattooed. Julius Caesar himself wrote in Book V of his Gallic Wars describing them as the “Pictorial People” who “pricked diverse marks into their skin.” ‘Pict’ comes from the Roman name Picti, meaning “painted people”…
When the Pilgrims landed in New England, after failing to make their way to the milder mouth of the Hudson, they had little food and no knowledge of the new land. The Wampanoag suggested a mutually beneficial relationship, in which the Pilgrims would exchange European weaponry for Wampanoag for food.…
Both the Pilgrims and members of the Wampanoag tribe ate pumpkins and other squashes indigenous to New England—possibly even during the harvest festival—but the fledgling colony lacked the butter and wheat flour necessary for making pie crust. What the Pilgrims Really Ate At Thanksgiving. For most Americans, the “traditional” Thanksgiving…
After departing England in 1608, the Pilgrims found sanctuary in the Dutch city of Leiden, where they were free to worship and enjoyed “much peace and liberty,” according to Pilgrim Edward Winslow. The belief that the Pilgrims came to America in search of religious freedom is inspiring, but it’s just…