The classic Michael Douglas-Kathleen Turner movie Romancing the Stone is an ’80s gem. The film, directed by Robert Zemeckis, won the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy) and ended up as the eighth-highest grossing film of 1984. Let’s take a look back at the film and jump in with some fun...
Read MoreJimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, was only president for 4 years, but has quite an incredible legacy of public service. From the United States Naval Academy to peanut farming, to Governor of Georgia, to US president, to his environmental contributions and work with Habitat for Humanity – Carter has lived...
Read MoreThere are a lot of fun facts about Top Gun. It’s been over 30 years since the film first flew into theaters. Top Gun was one of the quintessential movies of the ’80s, grossing over $357 million worldwide at the box office as one of the highest grossing films of the decade. With Top...
Read MoreAnyone who has ever been to Portland – the city of roses – knows it is a pretty amazing place. It is one of the most bike-friendly cities in the country and Forbes recently ranked it the best city in the US for vegans and vegetarians. Here are 15 facts about Portland – the...
Read MoreWatership Down, the classic novel by Richard Adams, follows a band of rabbits who search for a new home. Led by Hazel and his quasi-prescient rabbit brother Fiver, the rabbits survive many dangers before arriving at their new home – Watership Down. Watership Down is a hill in the north of Hampshire, England near...
Read MoreNiantic Labs, the folks behind the augmented reality mobile game Pokémon GO game, have finally released Harry Potter: Wizards Unite in the UK and the US and no it is not called Harry Potter GO. Here are 15 facts about Harry Potter: Wizards Unite. 1. Players can choose from one of three professions. Harry...
Read MoreThe honey bee has been around for millions of years and has been studied and written about for ages. Honey bees are comprised of three primary roles: the queen, the drone, and the worker bee. The queen is the mother of most, if not all of the bees in the hive and is the...
Read MoreMinnesota is the 12th largest state in the United States. The name “Minnesota” comes from a Dakota word meaning “sky-tinted waters”. The Mississippi River begins in Minnesota and is part of the great many rivers and streams that add up to 69,200 miles in Minnesota. Home to The Mall of America, the Vikings, and...
Read MoreLooking for some fun facts about bananas? Over 100 billion of them are eaten worldwide annually (with about 51% eaten at breakfast time). Bananas are grown in over 150 countries with global banana exports reaching around 18 million tons in 2015. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, people in the United States eat...
Read MoreUtah lies in the Western region of the United States and was named after the Native American tribe ‘Ute’ which means ‘people of the mountains’. Utah is the only U.S. state whose capital is three words long. The state is part of the Four Corners and home to the Great Salt Lake – here...
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