Jun 25, 2020 | Did You Know?, The Americas
Located in the northwest corner of New Mexico, Chaco Canyon is 70 miles from the nearest town and reached only by rutted dirt roads. And yet, throughout the valley floor are vast stone edifices some towering as high as 4 or 5 floors and containing hundreds of rooms....
May 8, 2020 | Did You Know?, Turkey & Europe
Iceland has one of the first democratic parliaments in the World?
Apr 13, 2020 | Did You Know?, Egypt & Africa
The oldest international peace treaty was between the Egyptians and the Hittites?
Mar 3, 2020 | Did You Know?, Turkey & Europe
More books are written, published and sold per person per year in Iceland than anywhere else on the planet.
Jan 28, 2020 | Did You Know?, Turkey & Europe
Remember the fable of mythical Icarus who, on wings crafted of feathers and wax, flew too close to the sun? Made of feathers and wax, the sun melted them and Icarus fell and died. His father, Daedalus, a great inventor who is credited with creating the Great Labyrinth...
Aug 22, 2017 | Did You Know?
The Scots spell it whisky and the Irish spell it whiskey, with an extra ‘e’. This difference in the spelling comes from the translations of the word from the Scottish and Irish Gaelic forms. Whiskey with the extra ‘e’ is also used when...