the common-law wife of the ninth vice president of the United States was Julia Chinn, an enslaved woman Posted on Mar 1, 2021Feb 28, 2021 by Tyler Finck source
Pliofilm, a pre-war food wrap, was used to waterproof firearms during the Normandy landings Posted on Feb 22, 2021Feb 19, 2021 by Tyler Finck source
A symbolic amount of steel salvaged from the World Trade Center after it was destroyed in the September 11 attacks was used in the construction of the USS New York Posted on Feb 19, 2021Feb 16, 2021 by Tyler Finck source
Horse carcasses, and trash from three of New York City’s boroughs, were once processed at Barren Island, Brooklyn Posted on Feb 13, 2021Feb 13, 2021 by Tyler Finck source
Slovakia was the only country that paid for the deportation of its Jewish citizens during the Holocaust Posted on Feb 11, 2021Feb 10, 2021 by Tyler Finck source
When New York City’s Harlem Ship Canal Bridge had to be replaced, it was floated down the river to become the University Heights Bridge Posted on Feb 7, 2021Feb 4, 2021 by Tyler Finck source
The infernal machine was a 25-barrel gun used in a failed assassination attempt on King Louis Philippe I in 1835 Posted on Feb 2, 2021Feb 1, 2021 by Tyler Finck source
New York City’s Grand Central Terminal was built at its current location because of a prohibition of steam trains in Lower Manhattan Posted on Feb 1, 2021Jan 26, 2021 by Tyler Finck source
Within six hours of Alabama radio station WFPA being served an eviction notice, the tower had been dismantled Posted on Jan 27, 2021Jan 25, 2021 by Tyler Finck source
The Berry Islands of the Bahamas were settled in 1836 by a group of freed slaves Posted on Jun 30, 2017Jun 27, 2017 by Tyler Finck source