American railroading began in the Capital District. On December 28, 1825, Schenectady County native (Duanesburg) George Featherstonhaugh (pronounced fen-shaw) ran a newspaper notice announcing the ...
Ancient aqueducts and Renaissance sculptures come ... tossed over your shoulder into the fountain means you’ll return to Rome; a second means you’ll find love; a third means you’ll marry.
The mass production of silver coins in the Roman Empire had an unintended effect: spewing so much lead into the atmosphere that it may have lowered citizens’ IQs. The Roman Empire was more lead ...