How Elvin Hayes' turnaround jumper first put University of Houston on the basketball map
If you trace the roots of the annual craze, eventually you’ll get to Elvin Hayes. It was the University of Houston legend who captivated the country in 1968 by dominating Lew Alcindor, later known as ...
National Catholic Register16h
Pilgrimage to St. Patrick’s Purgatory
On the calm waters of Lough Derg in Ireland, the small Station Island is home to one of the toughest pilgrimages in the world ...
Family Destinations Guide19h
This Tiny Town In Missouri Hides One Of The Most Incredible Natural Wonders In The Midwest
Tucked away in the rugged folds of the Ozark Mountains lies Eminence, Missouri, a town so small you might sneeze and miss it, ...
What was the first thing scientists discovered? A historian makes the case for Babylonian astronomy
Science uses careful, organized observations and tests to construct theories that are recorded, passed on to others and built ...
From pulpits to protest, the surprising history of the phrase ‘pride and prejudice’
“When all Pride and Prejudice, all Interests and Designs, being submitted to the Honour of God, and the Discharge of our Duty,” an anonymous clergyman wrote in 1734, “the Holy Scriptures shall again ...
St. Patrick's Day brings boisterous parades and celebrations to New York and other cities
St. Patrick's Day, the annual celebration of all things Irish, is being marked in cities across the country on Monday with ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN16h
Dead sheep to gold: 4,000-year-old tablet reveals world’s first empire’s secrets
Archaeologists have unearthed “administrative tablets,” which provide the oldest tangible proof of the world’s ...