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What was life in America like a century or more ago? We can read about it, of course, in books and articles written at the time as well as in the works of historians of the period. But fortunately,...
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The honking of impatient drivers, the pre-dawn crashing sounds of garbage collection, the hovering of police and news helicopters, the inconsideration of neighbors – lots of stuff contributes to...
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Forget streaming — summers are all about drive-ins! There’s nothing quite like piling into the car with snacks and blankets for an old-fashioned outdoor viewing. There were precedents as early as...
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On Jan. 20, 1942, Nazi officials led by SS general Reinhard Heydrich met at a villa in Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin, to decide on a ”permanent solution” to what they called the “Jewish...
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When traveling abroad, many Americans prefer to head to countries where English is widely spoken. Not only does it make getting around easier; it also simplifies interacting with the locals. But just...
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Iconography depicting the graphic murder of humans in front of deities has been uncovered from numerous ancient (and sometimes not so ancient) cultures across the globe. Sacrificial rites were often...
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Many of the great monuments left from antiquity — such as the Pyramids and the Sphinx in Egypt, and the Coliseum in Rome — were raised to glorify monarchy and power. But there are other...
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Despite advancements in women’s rights, no country has achieved true gender parity, and the effects on women’s lives are quantifiable. The global gender gap in 2022 closed by 68.1%, according...
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Made up of 9 climate regions, the United States is one of the most geographically diverse nations in the world. The U.S. is home to both the tallest land-based mountain when measured from base to...
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Nine out of 10 people in the world, regardless of their gender, are biased against women, according to a recent U.N. Report, and those biases have barely improved over the last decade. Gender biases...
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New York City produces more trash than any other city on earth – about 33 million tons a year. And along with the trash comes an animal that has adapted to live off of refuse: the rat. There are an...
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There are about 470,000 words in Webster’s Third New International Dictionary and the Oxford English Dictionary combined, though it’s estimated that only about 170,000 are used frequently. And...
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The United States was founded 247 years ago, but some American towns have been around for more than three centuries, and some longer still. 24/7 Tempo selected over 100 towns that were founded before...
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In May, Minnesota became the 23rd state to legalize the recreational use of marijuana. After decades of activism, marijuana users and advocates are finally seeing a large-scale relaxation of...
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