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Coffee is not native to Hawaii. It first grew wild around the horn
Coffee is not native to Hawaii. It first grew wild around the horn of Africa. Centuries ago, a farmer in present-day Ethiopia noticed local goats munc...

On June 2, 1621 the Dutch West India Company was given a charter
On June 2, 1621 the Dutch West India Company was given a charter to exist as a dominating monopoly of trade between the Americas, Caribbean, and Afric...

Andrea Romero, Cheryl Crowe, Carol Smith, Zana Curtis. I thought
Andrea Romero, Cheryl Crowe, Carol Smith, Zana Curtis. I thought you Gals might like this one. Just a little info I found interesting. The concept of...

Congress made yet another appeal to the Crown to hear out their
Congress made yet another appeal to the Crown to hear out their grievances over the Stamp Act, but most agreed the time for talk is over. English Amer...

If there was an unofficial motto and rallying cry among the
If there was an unofficial motto and rallying cry among the citizens and the army of English America, it had to be “no taxation without representati...

Some of the most famous athletes of all-time played for the New
Some of the most famous athletes of all-time played for the New York Yankees. Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra, and Derek Jeter were ...

On this day, November 6, in 1965, the U.S. and Cuba made formal
On this day, November 6, in 1965, the U.S. and Cuba made formal what had already been going on for decade – a mass exodus of refugees from Cuba to t...

On this day, June 10, in 1854 the first class of the U.S. Naval
On this day, June 10, in 1854 the first class of the U.S. Naval Academy graduated, after a seven-year training regimen that included three consecutive...