From "jumbo" to "namby-pamby" to "nimrod," these interesting words have surprisingly fascinating backstories. Jumbo The word "jumbo" was most likely originally the word for "elephant" in a certain West African language. It took on the meaning of "large" in English when an elephant in a London zoo was named Jumbo in 1860 (pictured).Wikimedia Commons Avocado The word "avocado" is derived from "ahuacatl," a word in the Aztec Nahuatl language that means " Read More...
These interesting World War 2 facts reveal a different side to history's most devastating conflict.Fewer than 25 years after the first world war threatened the globe with total annihilation, the human race once again saw itself collapsing into yet another worldwide crisis of unparalleled proportions.
Starting in 1939, Nazi Germany began ransacking Europe, with countries falling to Axis forces like dominoes. By the time Japan’s bombing of Pearl Harbor brought the U. Read More...
Check out these vintage circus photos from the early 20th century, when audiences crammed into tents to witness spectacles of danger. Trainer Walter McClain works with his elephants at the Ringling Circus stop in Sarasota, Florida. 1940.Wikimedia Commons A clown acts out a routine with another circus performer dressed in a lion suit. Date unspecified.Wikimedia Commons Strongman circus performer Alexander Marshal lifts two women holding onto a steel pull gripped in his teeth. Read More...
