The following is reprinted from the book Uncle Joh... ...numerals. WHEN IN ROMEIn the first millennium BC, civilizations thrived in Greece, India, and China- and they all... ...ALONGAfter the fall of the Roman Empire, many of civilization ’s advancements and inventions fell out of u... ...there is gamin...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/08/18/Rollin-Bones-The-History-of-Dice/The following is an article from Uncle John's Slig... ...erton had the telegraph lines cut so no one could warn the plotters that Lincoln was on the way.Aftermat... ...McClellan. Background: Following the start of the Civil War in April 1861, General George McClellan, who comm... ...on’s inflated estima...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/08/04/The-Pinkerton-Files/Silent film actress Martha Mansfield, pictured abo... ...ove, was cast in the lead female role of the 1924 Civil War drama film The Warrens of Virginia. The cast and crew were shooting on l... ...match from an unknown person dropped onto a large Civil War era-inspired dress s...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/07/15/Ten-Actors-Who-Died-on-Set/Remember that time Washington, D.C. was attacked b... ...been for the South precious little glory in this war and even less fun. The proud young men strutting... ...ake charge in the emergency; but the Secretary of War , Edwin Stanton, had called in Maj. Gen. Alexander...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/07/13/The-Only-Battle-Ever-Attended-by-a-Sitting-US-President/In the summer of 1876, Philadelphia was teeming... ...’d need all the extra cash he could get.How War Led to Lady LibertyThe story of the statue begins... ...yThe story of the statue begins with the American Civil War . When fighting broke out in 1861, the rest of th... ...They appealed to everyone f...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/07/04/The-Statue-of-Liberty/(Image Via Gawker)In a recent example of real life... ...rsquo;t lead to a Marvel Universe divided via the Civil War , although there may be a new batch of outlaw supe...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/06/28/Times-Square-Considering-Its-Own-Superhero-Registration-Act/The following is an article from Uncle John’... ...akes him the forefather of Superman, Batman, Star Wars , Madonna, and Michael Jordan. “Before Tarza... ...virile, and capable of success, the idol of whole civilizations , beyond the limits of credulity.” “Mo... ...manuscript he called...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/06/11/The-Birth-of-Tarzan/School’s out, and life suddenly gets more co... ...n the fall. That explanation is a myth.Before the Civil War , farm kids never had summers off. They went to sc...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/05/27/Why-Do-Students-Get-Summers-Off/This mega-post is a combination of several lists f... ...as Alvin York, who initially tried to avoid World War I by applying for conscientious objector status.... ...nt on to become the most decorated soldier of the war and earned the Medal of Honor for capturing 132 G... ...E GREEN BERETS (1968)At the height...
https://www.neatorama.com/2014/05/26/The-45-Top-US-Armed-Forces-Movies/A few months back, we asked you guys to submit you... ...women certainly made an impact on history.Joseph WarrenWhile during his time he was regarded as the architect... ...Revolution and at least fourteen US states have a Warren County named after him, few people recognize the... ...d after him, few people r...
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