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The Only U.S. State Capital Without A McDonald’s Montpelier, Vermont—the only U.S. state capital without a McDonald’s—stands out in a country where Golden Arches seem to dot nearly every corner. With a population of around 8,000, it’s the smallest state capital by far, yet its lack of the fast-food giant (and most other national chains) […]
I’m from the government, and I’m here to help. President Reagan’s best known quotes “The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If […]
Einstein Loved Bicycles Albert Einstein, the wild-haired wizard who unraveled the universe, had a surprisingly simple philosophy for staying upright in it: keep pedaling. In a letter to his son Eduard on February 5, 1930, the 51-year-old physicist dropped one of his most enduring one-liners. The original German reads: “Beim Menschen ist es wie beim Velo. […]
Quick ViewSelect options Sitting Bull – The last to Surrender $17.98 Sitting Bull – The Last to Surrender His Gun The Native American man pictured is “Sitting Bull” and he never said “Turn In Your Guns. The Government Will Take Care of You.” Those words are pure, biting sarcasm — a modern echo of the […]
Quick ViewSelect options Red Elephant Mascot T-Shirt $17.98 The Game That Inspired “Red Elephant” Lore! The Gainesville High School Red Elephants The Birth of the Red Elephants Nickname It was a crisp October afternoon in 1935 when the drama ignited on the gridiron in Marietta, Georgia. Gainesville High School’s burly, crimson-clad warriors—undefeated and hungry—stormed onto […]
Who is Ellas Bates? Clue: He’s in the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame Ellas Bates was born in the sweltering heat of McComb, Mississippi in 1928—a child born into hardship’s unyielding grip. His early years were shadowed by struggles etched in the dust of the Delta. Fate, however, offered a flicker of hope when his mother’s […]
G. Michael Hopf said (or rather, wrote) this quote in his 2015 post-apocalyptic novel Those Who Remain (Book 7 in The New World series). The full, original version he included is: “Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.” This quote is often paraphrased […]
The Man Who Refused to Crawl on the Deadliest Beach in History! D-Day. Omaha Beach. A nightmare of bullets, screaming mortars, and bodies piling up in the surf. While thousands of men huddled behind obstacles waiting to die, one colonel stood up in the middle of the slaughter—bullets snapping past his head—and roared a line that still sends chills down your spine: “There are only two kinds of men on this beach… the dead, and those who are about to die. Let’s get the hell off this beach!” This is the real legend of the “Big Red One” — the story you’ve never heard… until now.