The US Standard railroad gauge (distance between the
   rails) is 4 feet, 8.5 inches. That’s an exceedingly odd number. Why
   was that gauge used? Because that’s the way they built them in
   England, and the US railroads were built by English expatriates. Why
   did the English people build them like that? Because the […]

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The headmistress at a girls’ prep school in the old South (circa 1959) calls down to the army base and speaks with one of the officers: “We’re having a social here at school and I was wondering if you could send some […]

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History of the United States
                                      by David Hyatt
J. Walter Thompson, a huge ad agency, has a test for all wannabe
copywriters.  They print it every few years as a full page ad in many
major newspapers.  They call the campaign “Write if you want work.”
My response to the question, “Write the history of the
United States in 100 […]

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The following is a “history” collected by teachers throughout the United States, from eighth grade through college level. Read carefully, and you will learn a lot. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The inhabitants of ancient Egypt were called mummies. They lived in the Sarah Dessert and traveled by Camelot. […]

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