
In Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Jesus, before being blessed and distributed to congregants.

In Orthodox and Eastern Catholic Churches, eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Jesus, before being blessed and distributed to congregants.

Many anthropologists believe that the hammock dates back some 1,000 years to Central America, where the Maya and other indigenous peoples crafted them out of tree bark or plant fibers.

Apple Pie is not uniquely American. Apples originated in Asia. The first recorded recipe for Apple Pie was in England in 1381.

The Kuiper Belt is named for astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who published a scientific paper in 1951 that speculated about objects beyond Pluto.

In the early days of the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy cancelled all public events due to a “cold”. Instead, he spent five hours discussing the crisis with advisers. Vice President Lyndon Johnson also cited a cold when he cut short his trip to Hawaii to return to Washington.

Boris Yeltsin, a member of the Soviet Politburo, declared that “communism was a lie” after a visiting Houston supermarket in 1989. His visit is now an opera.