Sandals originated in warm climates where the soles of the feet needed protection but the top of the foot needed to be cool.4,000 years ago the first shoes were made of a single piece of rawhide…
See Pulitzer Prizes in Journalism at Infoplease.com for the full list of winners.Meritorious Public Service1918New York Times; also special award to Minna Kewinson and Henry Beetle Hough1991Des…
Anatomists are people who study the human body. Everyone is unique. We have different skin colors, hair colors, body shapes and sizes — but we all look alike inside. If you could peek inside your…
Hammurabi, the king of Babylon in the eighteenth century B.C., was the first to record the laws and their consequences. The next time someone says it's the law, you could ask, “What kind?”Blue…
American Revolution (1775–1783)Last veteran, Daniel F. Bakeman, died 4/5/1869, age 109Last widow, Catherine S. Damon, died 11/11/1906, age 92Last dependent, Phoebe M. Palmeter, died 4/25/1911, age 90…
They were once called chiffoniers, then ragpickers, then junk dealers; now they are secondhand clothes dealers. Since biblical times, people have worked for food, clothing, and shelter. They still…
