As many times as I've traveled Verot School Road, it's never dawned on me that it doesn't lead to an actual school. I mean, the road is named after a school, but where the heck is Verot School, or rather where was Verot School?
The rest of the country can have their counties, we'll keep rolling with our parishes. We have 64 parishes in Louisiana, but do you know what the very first ones were?
Back in 1910, there was a meat shortage in the US. They tried to import hippopotamuses (or hippopotami) into the Louisiana swamps in order to use them for food!
Spanish archeologists working in Egypt believe they may have found the earliest known image of Jesus Christ. The image is drawn on a wall in a tomb believed to be the final resting place of a scribe and several priests.
Alfred Hitchcock serving tea to Leo the Lion (the mascot for the Hollywood film studio MGM), 1957
There have obviously been some extremely important photographs taken throughout history. Some being very iconic. Then there are some that caught some parts of history that are important, but many people haven't seen them. These are those pictures.
Yahoo! News has a segment called 'Who Knew'. They focused this time on facts about US history that a surprisingly large number of people didn't know. What is Christopher Columbus known for? Can you name the first four US Presidents in order? Watch the video for answers to those questions and more, and to see how many Americans didn't know the answers.
The world's oldest calendar has been discovered and is approximately 5,000 years older than the previous "oldest calendar". It is thought that it may show when humans developed the concept of time. Keep reading to see exactly how old is it, where they found it and more.
There's probably more you don't know than actually do know about Mexico, but one thing you probably thought you knew is that the name of the country is Mexico. You would be wrong! Keep reading to find out what the actual name is and why they want to change it's name.