Luka Dončić's trade to the Los Angeles Lakers from the Dallas Mavericks for Lakers' center, Anthony Davis rocked the NBA world on February 4th, 2025. In a trade that nobody saw coming, least of all Dončić, it got us thinking about some of the other big trades in NBA history. Let's go over some of the most historic ones.
Whether you can speak a rare language in the U.S. or speak English as your first language and are also a speaker of one of these rare languages, they're an important insight into American history. Let's examine some of America's rarest languages, whether they're considered vulnerable, endangered, or safe, and how many still speak these lost mother tongues.
The Super Bowl is one of America's greatest sporting events of the year, as the best football teams in the country face off to be crowned Super Bowl champions. But, perhaps more appealing than the game itself is the Half Time Show. The musical performance, usually headlined by one of the year's top performers in the previous year, draws an average of 110 and 120 million viewers. Let's examine some of the best and worst Super Bowl Half Time Shows ever.
One of America's greatest sporting events of the year is just around the corner. The Super Bowl occurs on February 9th annually, drawing an average viewership of 123 million people. But what were some of the greatest moments of the past Super Bowls?
We have already seen the disastrous consequences of climate change in 2025, with the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles and California more broadly, in what was supposed to be the wet season on the west coast. But how else will climate change affect us in 2025? Let's examine the predictions that top scientists are making for this year.
Puxtasawney Phil saw his shadow on February 2, indicating North America would be forced to endure six more weeks of winter. Sure, this might seem like a quirky way to predict the weather, but weather prognostication is much older and centers around the European tradition of Candlemas. Let's explore the origins of Groundhog Day and what other animals we use to predict weather, sport, and more.
The Korean War broke out in 1950, following the resolution of World War II, lasting for three years, between 1950 and 1953. It ended with an Armistice agreement between North and South Korea, but no official peace treaty has ever been signed. Let's go over the most important events of the first military action by the United States after World War II.
Over 120 bodies were recently unearthed in a garden outside a small British church in the city of Leicester, England. Now referred to as "Leicester's Lost," scientists are eager to find out what happened to these people, whose deaths showed no signs of foul play.
When a ten-year-old girl moved into a new home with her family in 1975 in Key West, Florida, she couldn't have imagined the discovery she'd make. Handwritten letters that detail one of the state's largest financial crimes, written by either a very unlucky criminal—or a mastermind who got away with it all. Read on to discover what happened when Stephanie Palomba discovered letters in her attic.
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