United Kingdom “It has been my misfortune to be attacked with small-pox while en route for India. This circumstance will necessitate a twenty-one days’ quarantine at... Did You Know?
Russia In 1823, cholera descended on the Russian Empire for the first time. By 1830, according to a study by R. E. McGrew published in... Did You Know?
Global When the maritime signal flag “Lima,” known as the “Yellow Jack,” is flown in harbor, it means the ship is under quarantine. According to... Did You Know?
United States In 1888, Elizabeth Seaman, a journalist with the New York World better known by her pen name Nelly Bly, suggested to her editor that... Did You Know?
The Albatross Bar on the tiny island of Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic Ocean, is... Did You Know?
South Africa This had to have been the most unusual pub in the world—inside a 72-foot-high Baobab tree aged at more than 1,000 years old in... Did You Know?
United States Gates of the Arctic — 9,591 visitors Lake Clark — 14,479 visitors Kobuk Valley — 14,937 visitors Isle Royale — 25,798 visitors American Samoa... Did You Know?
United States Wrangell-St. Elias in Alaska is the largest national park in the US, encompassing 13.2 million acres. That means it is the same size as... Did You Know?
United States The New Deal era Civilian Conservation Corps program planted 3 billion trees, laid 1 million miles of roads and trails, stocked over 1 billion... Did You Know?
South America Nearly all bananas consumed in the U.S. come from plantations in Latin America. According to the International Labor Rights Forum, the banana industry has... Did You Know?
Ghana The International Cocoa Initiative, a charity promoting child protection in cocoa-growing regions of the world, describes cocoa farming as the backbone of Ghana’s economy.... Did You Know?
India Indian prime minister Narendra Modi often refers to himself as “Chaiwala” — the term for a tea-seller on the Indian subcontinent. His father sold... Did You Know?
