[ad_1] The Harlem Globetrotters were founded in Chicago in 1927 as the Savoy Big Five. They later changed their name to the Globe Trotters and eventually became the New York Harlem Globetrotters. The team has played in over 115 countries and has had honorary members such as Whoopi Goldberg and Nelson Mandela. The Harlem Globetrotters […]
[ad_1] Jimmy Carter was the first US president born in a hospital. Virginia is the state with the most presidents born, while 31 states have had no native children become presidents. Only two presidents died in the White House, and Woodrow Wilson is the only president buried in Washington DC. Herbert Hoover was the first […]
[ad_1] Natural born citizens are US citizens from birth and do not need to apply for citizenship. They can vote and run for president or vice president. They can be created by being born on American soil or to American parents abroad. Children born to foreign parents on American soil have the right to citizenship, […]
[ad_1] The oldest child ever born weighed 23 pounds at birth in 1879, but only lived for 11 hours. His parents were known as “the tallest couple in the world”. The oldest child ever born was a boy who weighed 23 pounds (10 kg) in Seville, Ohio at his birth on January 19, 1879; however, […]
[ad_1] “Born to the purple” is an idiom referring to someone born into royalty or a wealthy, influential family. The phrase comes from the difficulty of making a particular shade of purple cloth, which was reserved for royalty in ancient times. The tradition continued in Byzantine and European monarchies, but eventually relaxed. The phrase still […]
