In 1800 – Thomas Jefferson was elected President by one vote in the House of Representatives after a tie in the Electoral College. In 1824 – Andrew Jackson won the presidential popular vote but lost by one vote in the House of Representatives to John Quincy Adams after an Electoral…
Since 2012, the 45-year-old has reportedly lost a whopping 12 stone, going from a dress size 28 to a 12 or a 14. She started to lose weight around the same time as meeting her now-fiancé Al. The Emmerdale actress started to lose the weight by putting herself on a…
Team Wilder enacted the rematch clause right after Fury’s TKO win last year, but the pandemic shut down plans to book that third fight, and Fury announced in December that he was moving on from the Wilder matchup. Top Rank believed that the rematch clause had expired, therefore allowing them…
In fact, the 8-month-old mixed-breed dog has become the first dog in recorded history to reach the Mount Everest Base Camp. Rupee’s ascent is no small feat — the Everest Base Camp sits at a whopping altitude of 17,598 feet. In a true underdog tale, a homeless dog rescued from…
The 108th edition of the World Series, the series was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion San Francisco Giants and the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers; the Giants won in a four-game sweep. Rick answered: Michael, thank you for your question. The last time a World…
The revolutionary war officially ended in 1783 with the signing of the Treaty of Paris. This marked the official end of monarchy in the United States with George III of the United Kingdom being the last monarch. There are 12 monarchies in the Americas (self-governing states and territories that have…
They appeared in the FIFA World Cup subsequently in 1966, 1970, 1974, 1986, 1994 and 1998. Their best performance was in 1994, where they finished in fourth place. They have failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup since 1998. Bulgaria’s best achievements are reaching the final at the 1968…
An Iranian scientist has claimed to have invented a ’time machine’ that can predict the future of any individual with a 98 per cent accuracy. Serial inventor Ali Razeghi registered “The Aryayek Time Traveling Machine” with Iran’s state-run Centre for Strategic Inventions, The Telegraph reported. Ali Razeqi says his time…
The most recent example of deflation occurred in the 21st century, between 2007 and 2008, during the period in U.S. history referred to by economists as the Great Recession. Deflation is the overall decrease in the cost of an economy’s goods and services. While a slight decrease in prices may…
Sept. 11, 2001 is the tragedy of when two hijacked planes hit the WTC 1 and WTC 2 towers sending debris tumbling onto WTC 7. The NIST claimed that embers ignited a fire which then caused the 47-storey building to collapse on itself at 5:20 p.m., hours after the initial…