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General Interest Archive

	How I Quit Smoking Cigarettes

	Over the years I tried everything to quit smoking cigarettes; patches, gum... [Article]

Adolph Hitler – The Fuhrer

Before Adolph Hitler preached his doctrines of the master race and... [Article]

“Airy Fairy Lillian”: The Toast of the Town

Beautiful and flamboyant Lillian Russell (1861-1922) was the toast of the town almost... [Article]

All About Lipograms

If anyone has ever discovered the value of lipograms, except as exercises in berbal ingenuity... [Article]

America’s Worst Theater Fire

Puckish comedian Eddie Foy, later head of the famous Seven Little Foys... [Article]

	Fairy

	Fairy, though known as jolly, genial and generous, wasn’t called Uncle Sam only... [Article]

Freudian Slip

has influenced twentieth-century intellectual thought more profoundly than Dr. Sigmund Freud... [Article]

Gallup Poll

The best known, but not the first or only public opinion poll... [Article]

	Shut Up And Mind Your Own Business!: New York's General Slocum Disaster

	As the crammed boat puffed up the rippling waters of New York City's East River... [Article]

Greenacre

The rope broke when they hanged James Greenacre at Newgate prison in 1837. But... [Article]

Halley’s Comet

Halley’s comet, the first comet whose return was accurately predicted, was observed by English... [Article]

Hansom Cab

If Joseph Aloysius Hansom invented the Hansom cab, once the most popular of horse-drawn carriages... [Article]

Jack the Ripper

After 118 years, Jack the Ripper’s name remains the most familiar of all murderers... [Article]

Keeping Kids Safe at Home and in the Neighborhood

Make certain that outside doors, windows and screens are securely locked before retiring... [Article]

Kids and Fire Safety

Every year we hear tragic stories on the news about children who... [Article]

	Kids and the Internet

	The Internet is a vast and expansive universe of information. But... [Article]

	Kilroy Was Here

	Hundreds of suggestions have been made as to the identity of the original Kilroy... [Article]

Lady Godiva

Strategically arranging her long golden tresses, Lady Godiva rode through Coventry... [Article]

Listerine

Practically synonymous today for a mouth wash, Listerine takes its name, despite... [Article]

Lollipop

Is the lollipop named after a racehorse? The story is that... [Article]

Man Bites Dog

“If a dog bites a man,” editors used to instruct cub reporters... [Article]

Mickey Finn

When someone slips a powdered drug or purgative into a drink to render... [Article]

New Jersey

Though it doesn’t look like it at first glance, the state’s name... [Article]

	Nicotine

	The nicotine that stains the fingers of so many people in the world... [Article]

Nightmares

Nightmares - Bad dreams in Roman times were attributed to demons called the incubus and... [Article]

Outwitting Gypsy Home Repair And Home Improvement Hustlers

An Oregon widow loses $51,000 to a dishonest exterminating contractor, one of whose tricks... [Article]

Rich as Croesus

When we say, as the ancient Greeks did, that a man is as rich as Croesus... [Article]

Salmonella

Salmonella - Salmon have no connection with Salmonella or... [Article]

Seward’s Folly

After having been wounded by John Wilkes Booth’s fellow conspirator Lewis Powell... [Article]

St. Patrick’s Cabbage

Though native to Spain, Saint Patrick’s cabbage (Saxifrage umbrosa) is found... [Article]

Suggestions for School Authorities for Children's Safety

Whenever possible, before releasing a child to anyone except the parents during the... [Article]

	The Basic Tools - A Handyman's Barebones Toolbox

	When it comes to tools I like to buy quality. I don't mean... [Article]

The Donner Pass

The scene of one of the most gruesome tragedies in western history... [Article]

The First Body Snatchers

The First Body Snatchers... Recent disclosures that a human body could sell for some 1 ½ million dollars... [Article]

	The First Department Store

	Hercules Poirot would have to enlist C. Auguste Dupin, Inspector Maigret... [Article]

	The Great New York Fire

	As the Great Fire swept north and south, east and west, the New York Herald rushed out an extra... [Article]

The Mownomaniacs

Americans alone spent some $8.4 billion on their lawns in 2000, according to one... [Article]

	Uncle Sam

	Samuel Wilson, though known as jolly, genial and generous, wasn’t called Uncle Sam only... [Article]

	Valentine

	There were at least two St. Valentines, legend tells us, both Christian martyrs who were put... [Article]

	Watching Your Wallet

	Always know what's inside your wallet, so that you'll have... [Article]

When Newton Got Bopped By The Apple

Everyone knows the story about Sir Isaac Newton sitting under an apple tree pondering... [Article]

	Yard Shadow

	Yard Shadow, though known as jolly, genial and generous, wasn’t called Uncle Sam only... [Article]

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