Historian mini-rant: NAPOLEON DID NOT HAVE A NAPOLEON COMPLEX!
I was reading a respected news site today and they had an article talking about a …
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Month: April 2015
Fun Fact of the Day: The Neat Story Behind the Word “Sheriff”
As should be pretty clear, I love the history of words and the stories they tell. …
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Why is Easter called Easter?
The etymology of Christmas is not that hard to see. It is the Christ-Mass. That works. …
April Fools’ Day! Why?
Where did April Fools’ Day come from? In a previous post I spoke about how January …