A new study figured out which emoji every state uses more than anyone else. A few of them make perfect sense, like the surfer in Hawaii and the Statue of Liberty head in New York. But some make NO sense, like the koala in Connecticut, or the bunch of grapes in Texas. Check out the [...]
1587 Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents born in North America What became of Virginia and the other colonists remains a mystery. The fact of her birth is known because the governor of the settlement, Virginia Dare's grandfather, John White, returned to England in 1587 to seek fresh supplies. When White eventually returned three years [...]
1939 The Wizard of Oz premiered in New York It had premiered in Hollywood on August 15 1977 Florists Transworld Delivery (FTD) reported that in one day the number of orders for flowers to be delivered to Graceland had surpassed the number for any other event in the company's history Elvis had passed away the day [...]
NFL player James Harrison returned two "participation trophies" his son received because he wants the boy to earn 'real ones'. The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker made the announcement on Instagram on Saturday.Harrison said, 'I came home to find out that my boys received two trophies for nothing, participation trophies!' 'While I am very proud of my boys for everything [...]
It seems like fewer and fewer parents are cool with giving their baby a traditional name . . . they want one that's UNIQUE. And what better way to find a unique name than to pick any random English word and call it a name? The website Nameberry.com analyzed data from the Social Security Administration [...]
Here are the Top 10 Most Dangerous cities in Kansas based on likelihood on one being a victim of a crime, according to FBI numbers: Coffeyville Wichita Hutchinson Kansas City Topeka Fort Scott Galena Arkansas City Iola Pittsburg Read the full article here!
A 7-year-old Texas boy asked people to donate money to a local K-9 Unit instead of getting him birthday presents.The boy raised $157.25 which will help buy equipment to keep running the K-9 Unit.Police officials thanked the boy with a Facebook post. He ended up celebrating his birthday with a pool party, but no [...]
A woman gave birth to a baby boy in New York, a child she carried for her twin sister.In 2009, the twin sister found out she had stage 3 breast cancer. The aggressive nature of the cancer meant she had to get chemo immediately. Problem was, she was pregnant. The chemo caused her baby to [...]
There's a guy in Australia named Wayne Best who spends most of the year out in the wilderness, living off the land with his three-and-a-half-year-old dog Choco. And back on July 31st, they were out hunting wild pigs next to a river, when a 20-foot CROCODILE lunged out of the water, and pulled Choco under. [...]
A soldier who was badly wounded in Afghanistan has proposed to his girlfriend in Maine while two former presidents looked on.George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and their first ladies watched as retired Army Spc. Tyler Jeffries proposed to Lauren Lilly . Jeffries is one of ten veterans featured in the book "Unbreakable Bonds: The [...]
