Mariel Synan

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Saint Basil Cathedral or Cathedral of Vasily the Blessed. Red Square. Moscow. Russia. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Asian History

What Is the Largest Country in the World?

It encompasses nine different time zones.

Illustration of work by French poet Robert de Boron. He was important for his trilogy of poems (Joseph d’Arimathie, Merlin, Perceval) that linked the Christian story of the Holy Grail more firmly with the legend of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
Middle Ages

What is the holy grail?

From the knights of medieval legends to Indiana Jones, the holy grail has been the most sought-after Christian relic in popular culture for centuries. The grail is most commonly identified as the cup that Jesus drank from at the Last Supper and that Joseph of Arimathea used to collect Jesus’s blood when he was crucified.  […]

An aerial view of St. Peter's Square and Via della Conciliazione in Vatican City.
European History

What Is the Smallest Country in the World?

It's almost 120 times smaller than Manhattan.

Girl Scout offers cookie to TV's Jinx Falkenburg McCrary, marking opening of $650,000 fund drive by the Girl Scout Council of Greater New York. BPA2# 1264
Inventions & Science

The Girl Scout Cookie: A Delicious Tradition

Get the story behind the annual event and find out how to make a batch of your own.

Johnny Appleseed on a postage stamp.
Early U.S.

Who Was Johnny Appleseed?

It may surprise you that one of the most notable entrepreneurs of the American frontier didn’t wear a jacket, tip his hat and shine his shoes, but rather dressed in a coffee sack, donned a tin hat and traveled barefoot. John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, was a 19th-century horticulturist who made great contributions […]