The Antebellum period is often remembered as a romantic era that celebrates the beauty of the South, grand plantation estates, and the classic “southern belle” style of Scarlett O’Hara. The reality of life in the Antebellum south was far from idyllic. Marked by a turbulent change in the politics
Christopher Walken is one of the most instantly recognizable actors in Hollywood. He comes across as a little intense on camera, but is this true behind the scenes? Find out more about the unmistakable Mr. Walken and his extraordinary (yet at the same time kind of ordinary) life… Christopher isn’
A piece of Princess Diana’s pre-royal life is for sale and someone could own it for the low price of just £3 million! Before she lived in palaces and castles, 18-year-old Lady Diana Spencer purchased an apartment at Coleherne Court, in London’s lavish South Kensington neighborhood. In 1979,
Unbelievably, mid-air collisions were a fairly common accident not so long ago. In fact, between 1948 and 1955, there were 127 mid-air collisions in the United States alone. Thirty of these incidents involved commercial airliners. It was only in 1956, after a tragic collision over the Grand Canyon, that airline
Often, we don’t think about the origin of a phrase while we are saying it. We tend to pick up words or sayings from our friends and incorporate them into our vocabulary without ever really considering where they came from. The origins of words and phrases are often forgotten,