Head Scratchers & Good Stuff to Know

According to research, reading aloud has many benefits including the fact that it puts children almost a year ahead of those who do not receive this type of positive activity, regardless of education level, income, or cultural background. February marks the month for "World Read Aloud Day." It is no... Sign in to see full entry.

Better than the ice cream truck. The "Ferris Wheel" truck would roll through east coast neighborhoods and charge a dime to ride it. Who remembers this retro 50s ride? Ferris Wheel Amusement Ride Truck « Obnoxious Antiques Sign in to see full entry.

The cook, two waitresses, and the few patrons who were dining at the John Quirk’s Bridge Diner on the corner of North Street in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 1958 were shocked and terrified to see a steam train rumbling past their window at full speed, taking into account that the steam trains hadn’t... Sign in to see full entry.

I would love to hear your voice on this matter. What are your thoughts concerning putting the American abolitionist hero, Harriet Tubman on our American currency? Tubman, who was born into slavery in 1822 would replace Andrew Jackson, a former president who owned slaves, on the $20 bill. Harriet... Sign in to see full entry.

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We always reminded our girls before they headed out to the woods for mud bogging, if you see "leaves of three, leave them be." It was something that my hubby's family learned early on from living near the woods where it flourishes. My hubby, his brothers, our kids, and our grandkids tend to get an... Sign in to see full entry.

A guy in the locker room saw another guy with a cork stuffed snugly up his ass. He asked the guy, "why do you have a cork up there?" "Well, it's a strange story, but one day I was walking on the beach and I tripped over a strange object that was stuck in the sand and got knocked out. When I woke up... Sign in to see full entry.

Making sense out of one the most well know ocean mysteries is easier said than done. The Bermuda Triangle is the place where it is estimated that one thousand lives plus have been lost over just the last century, but one of the earliest Bermuda Triangle wrecks occured in 1609. William Shakespeare’s... Sign in to see full entry.