Karin Crompton

Joined: Jun 9, 2021

Karin Crompton is a writer, editor, and story coach based in Connecticut.

The winter solstice marks the return of longer days.

Booker T. Washington at his writing desk, 1894

Elijah McCoy devised his first invention while working on the Michigan Central Railroad.

Elijah McCoy’s most famous creation, an automatic oil cup that lubricated steam engines on trains, may have spawned the phrase “the real McCoy.”

Love it or hate it, daylight saving time means you have to reset your clocks twice a year and either gain or lose an hour of sleep.

Thomas Hardy and his beloved English countryside.

'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' author Thomas Hardy is best known for his novels of rural realism, but he started out as an architect.

American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne drew inspiration from his own ancestors for his best-known novel, 'The Scarlet Letter.'

Charles Marion Russell, 'Lewis and Clark on the Lower Columbia,' 1905.

They didn’t find a navigable water route to the Pacific Ocean—but they did return with journals full of observations.

A statue of Pocahontas stands near the Jamestown settlement site.

Over several decades beginning in 1607, Jamestown nearly collapsed multiple times as colonists succumbed to disease and famine.

Lawmakers have been trying to make the Equal Rights Amendment happen for almost a century.

Almost 100 years have passed since the Equal Rights Amendment was first proposed. Here are the facts you should know.

At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin participates in a ceremony renaming the refurbished Operations and Checkout Building for Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first person to set foot on the moon.

Buzz Aldrin is best known as the second astronaut to walk on the moon, but he also holds a Guinnnes World Record.

Astronaut Alan Shepard wears his pressure suit for the Mercury-Redstone 3 (MR-3) flight, the first American crewed spaceflight.

Fifty years ago, Alan Shepard became the first astronaut to hit a golf ball on the moon. Read on for more facts about trailblazing career at NASA.

Simone Biles performs at the U.S. Olympic trials in St. Louis.

Is it too much to say that Simone Biles is not only the best Olympic gymnast, but the greatest gymnast of all time? We don't think so.

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Fifty years ago, Congress consolidated all of America's passenger train service into one entity: Amtrak. Here are a few facts about the nationwide rail network.

Karin Crompton

Joined: Jun 9, 2021

25 Facts About the Winter Solstice, the Shortest Day of the Year

14 Fascinating Facts About Phillis Wheatley

12 Illuminating Facts About Booker T. Washington

12 Awesome Facts About Althea Gibson

10 Little-Known Facts About Inventor Elijah McCoy

25 Fascinating Facts About Daylight Saving Time

12 Facts About Author Thomas Hardy

12 Fantastic Facts About Nathaniel Hawthorne

12 Far-Flung Facts About the Lewis and Clark Expedition

11 Amazing Facts About Jamestown, the First Permanent English Colony in North America

9 Facts You Should Know About the Equal Rights Amendment

10 Fascinating Facts About Buzz Aldrin

13 Facts about Astronaut Alan Shepard, the First American in Space

12 Amazing Facts About Simone Biles

11 Fast Facts About Amtrak