Why Won’t Team USA Dip the Flag at the Olympics Opening Ceremonies?
America is the only country that refuses to do so.
America is the only country that refuses to do so.
Fifteen sitting vice presidents have become president. That leaves a lot of other ex-veeps in need of gainful employment. Here's what a few of them did after leaving office.
Long before he was Calvin Coolidge’s vice president, Charles Dawes wrote an instrumental piece called “Melody in A Major” that later became a #1 hit.
The Black track star smoked the competition to win a record-setting four gold medals, making a mockery of Adolf Hitler’s belief in Aryan supremacy.
Theodore Roosevelt called his domestic agenda of 1903 a ‘square deal.’ Let’s dig into the origins of the famous phrase.
The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that shaped our modern world. The assassination of an Austrian duke on June 28, 1914, put the events in motion.
Unwilling to leave his ill wife's side during a presidential campaign, William McKinley decided to run for president from his front porch.
In his famous 1858 speech, Abraham Lincoln warned that only civil war would resolve the issue of slavery in the U.S. He wasn’t wrong.
Joseph N. Welch is credited with bringing down the fearmongering Sen. Joseph McCarthy during a congressional hearing in 1954. But his famous plea has since taken on a life of its own.
Presidents have had a lot of titles and nicknames, but the wife of every president has one common honorific. Why do we call her “first lady”?
Winston Churchill so hated Graham Sutherland’s likeness of him that he had it set on fire.
There's more scandal involved than you'd think.
In 2002, the two powerful world leaders were invited to settle their differences the old-fashioned way: Combat.
People are still torn over the belief that the ninth president died of pneumonia after not wearing a coat to his inauguration.
Plagued by oral issues, the British prime minister carried two sets of dentures with him at all times.
Plenty of nepo babies have earned their places in history. But it’s always good to acknowledge the doors open to people who have rich relatives—or whose dad knows the manager of a clogging troupe.
The MLK quote “a riot is the language of the unheard” came from his 1967 speech on the two Americas.
Even if you've seen the Broadway musical 'Hamilton,' there's probably a lot you don't know about this enigmatic founding father.
The magazine has named the most newsworthy subjects annually for the past century, with a few surprises.
The difference between misinformation and disinformation boils down to the intent behind it (or lack thereof). Plus, a handy trick for knowing which term to use when the time comes.
In 1992, Nickelodeon assembled items important to the kids of the day, put them in a big orange time capsule, and buried it in front of Nickelodeon Studios in Universal Studios. Here’s the full list.
Bodybuilder-turned-actor-turned-politician Arnold Schwarzenegger was once thrown in a military prison for running away to pose in a competition.
He’s best remembered for saying “Give me liberty or give me death,” but did Henry actually utter those words?
Gen Xers and Millennials uttered a collective gasp on May 9, 2023, when Paramount announced it was shutting down MTV News after more than three decades of operation.