Helen of Troy, Greek Helene, in Greek legend, the most beautiful woman of Greece and the indirect cause of the Trojan War. She was daughter of Zeus, either by Leda or by Nemesis, and sister of the Dioscuri. As a young girl, she was carried off by Theseus, but she…
Zawisza the Black of Garbów also known as “the Black Knight” or “First knight of Europe”, was a Polish knight and nobleman. He served as a soldier and diplomat under the Polish king Władysław II Jagiello and Hungarian-Bohemian king Sigismund of Luxembourg. Did medieval history have black knights? While the…
During the American Revolution, Paine served as a volunteer personal assistant to General Nathanael Greene, traveling with the Continental Army. While not a natural soldier, Paine contributed to the patriot cause by inspiring the troops with his 16 “Crisis” papers, which appeared between 1776 and 1783. As the Revolutionary War…
Selena Gomez, recently suffered an embarrassing accident while on her way to an Ed Sheeran concert. She admitted of “soiling her pants a bit” amid the excitement. The incident happened due to traffic on her way to the concert venue in California. Was Selena Gomez in an accident? The singer…
An example of strict interpretation is since the constitution does not mention a national bank; the government would not be able to form a national bank. Loose interpretation means that the constitution is a loose framework and the government can build their own laws upon it. What is the loose…
Leaflets dropped on cities in Japan warning civilians about the atomic bomb, dropped c. August 6, 1945. Despite the horror of Hiroshima, there were many in the Japanese government that disbelieved the United States had the technical ability to develop, yet alone transport and drop, an atomic bomb. The events…
Throughout his life, Landon married three women and had nine children. He met his first wife, Dodie Levy-Fraser, in the 1950s. Soon after they met, Fraser and Landon got married in 1956. Landon then adopted Fraser’s two sons- Mark Fraser Landon and Josh Fraser Landon. Throughout his life, Landon married…
Florence Nightingale is one of the most famous Victorians. Queen Victoria, who reigned from 1837 to 1901, was the figurehead of a vast empire and oversaw dramatic changes in British society. During this time Britain saw a great expansion of wealth, power, and culture. Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), known as “The…
The seventh and final site was the ancient city of Petra in Jordan, unknown to much of the world before 1989. That year, the city’s carved rose-red sandstone facades were featured in the blockbuster film Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. In the film, Petra stood in for where Indiana…
Luckily, in the case of Charlie Wilson’s War , almost nothing in the film is exaggerated or changed from the true events that Crile details in his book. Because the book is based on fourteen years of research, the book can be used as a reliable source when evaluating the…