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Jingle Bells was the first song to ever be played in space, astronauts of flight Gemini 6A played the song on Dec. 16, 1965. Spiders are a Christmas symbol in Ukraine, there are often spider ornaments placed on their trees. This is a nod to an old story of spiders using their web to decorate the tree of a poor widow and her children. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was originally created for advertising. According to Smithsonian Insider, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer first appeared in 1939 whe...

Today we remember the lives that were lost on this day, 80 years ago. Here are some interesting facts, you might not have known about Pearl Harbor.

Americans fired the first shot before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The USS Ward fired on a Ko-hyoteki-class submarine near the entrance to Pearl Harbor. The attack on Pearl Harbor lasted for about two hours. The day after the Pearl Harbor attack, the US declared war on Japan. This is how the US got involved in World War II. Japan attacked Pearl Harbo...

The first Thanksgiving, took place in October of 1621 and lasted three days to celebrate the immigrants first successful corn harvest. The day after Thanksgiving is the busiest day of the year for plumbers. Female turkeys don’t “gobble”, only males do. The balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade used to just be let go after the parade ended. However, after they were let go the balloons would pop before they got too high in the sky. After the Macy’s Parade in 1997, there were maximum siz...

Veterans Day is observed on November 11th each year to honor “the eleventh hour of the day of the eleventh month” of 1918, when there was a ceasefire. This showed the war was coming to an end. Veterans Day was originally known as Armistice Day, it was changed to Veterans Day in 1954 by President Dwight Eisenhower. Armistice Day became an official holiday in 1938. Each Veterans Day & Memorial Day, Arlington National Cemetery has an annual memorial service. This cemetery contains over 400,000 gra...

This year daylight saving time comes to a close on Sunday November 7, at 2:00 AM. Once we turn the clocks back, each day will become shorter until the winter solstice on December 21^st.

Here are a few facts about Daylight Saving Time:

1. Most countries near the equator don’t observe Daylight Saving Time.

 

2. Some counties reference “Daylight Saving Time” as “Summer Time”.

 

3. In the US, Hawaii and Arizona don’t observe Daylight Saving Time.

 

Daylight Saving Time can be harmful to human health. T...

1.   Halloween originates from the ancient Celtic Festival known as Samhain that was celebrated around Ireland and the UK. October 31^st was the eve of their new year. The Celts lit bonfires and wore costumes to protect themselves from spirits. They believed ghosts returned to earth on Samhain.

2. Jack-o-Lanterns come from the Legend of Stingy Jack. The legend goes, Jack tricked the Devil into not taking him when he died and he was certainly not being accepted into heaven. This left Jack wanderin...

1. One of Christopher Columbus’ ships, the Santa Maria, crashed on the coast of the Americas and couldn’t make the voyage back to Spain.

2. Columbus Day is known as Día de la Hispanidad or Fiesta National in Spain.

3. It is the least observed federal holiday, only 10% of businesses close and take the day off.

4. Columbus Day was originally a fixed date on October 12, but it was changed to the second Monday of October in 1971.

5. Columbus started sailing when he was just 15 years old.

6. Once Col...