The true history of Thanksgiving shows some embarrassing facts. The very same Pilgrims who shared the “first” Thanksgiving later took over Native American lands, robbed them of all of their valuables, enslaved many young Native Americans, and then killed the rest.

Each fall New York City celebrates the NYC marathon, which, with over 37,000 runners, is the largest marathon in the world. According to legend, in ancient Greece a soldier ran this distance from the city of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon.

The history of how the basket and the ball came to be basketball.

India and China don’t seem at all alike. When you look at the differences between their governments, religions, and even their climates, the two countries seem to share only the fact that they exist on the same continent.

Here are just a few of the major events that took place last year

THERE are many first-hand reports of various relief organizations being refused entry into New Orleans by bus and boat.