Here's a New Year's resolution you only have to stick to for a MONTH. According to several studies, having a "dry January" where you don't drink any alcohol can have a huge impact on your health. A study in 2013 had "normal drinkers" stop drinking for one month. They lost an average of 3.5 pounds [...]
Losing weight is always the most popular New Year's resolution. So here are five ways to do it while embracing some of your 'BAD' habits . . . 1. Drink wine. There's an antioxidant in the grapes called ellagic acid that's been shown to boost your metabolism and slow down the growth of fat cells. [...]
1896 Utah entered the United States of America The entrance of Utah into the Union followed the Mormon’s abandonment of polygamy Utah was the 45th state added 1936 The first music chart based on national sales was published by Billboard magazine Joe Venuti, jazz violinist, was at the top of the chart with a little ditty called, Stop! Look! Listen! 1999 [...]
1891 New York's new Immigration Depot was opened at Ellis Island, to provide improved facilities for the massive numbers of arrivals Ellis Island was nation's busiest immigrant inspection station from 1892 until 1954 Over 12 million people were processed at Ellis Island 1929 Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians played Auld Lang Syne as a New Year's [...]
Megan & I put our heads together to come up with OUR favorite songs of 2015. There's no science behind this list, other than the fact that we just love the songs. Here's our TOP 5 COUNTRY SONGS of 2015 5. Chris Janson - Buy Me A Boat For a debut artist of 2015, he [...]
A new list of the best main streets in the state of Kansas has been released! We think you may recognize a few... Check out the list here!
1853 Gasden Purchase treaty was signed The Gadsden Purchase was a transcation betweeen the United States & Mexico in which the US purchased a 29,640-square-mile region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico The purchase was the last territorial acquisition in the contiguous United States to add a large area to the country 1940 California’s first [...]
And a winner has been selected! This year, more than 13,000 photographs were submitted to National Geographic’s annual photo contest This stunning image of an anti-cyclonic tornado was the grand prize winner. Captured by James Smart, the photo shows a monster of a tornado infused with brown dust as it sweeps through open farmland — [...]
This is AWESOME!!! No wonder she's the highest paid country female of 2015!
1845 Happy Birthday to Texas How do you know you've met a Texan?!...because they always let you know they're from Texas! 1910 The NCAA was founded! In the early 1900s, college football was a brutal game. Many schools wanted football to be abolished from intercollegiate athletics In early December 1905, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the [...]