Monthly Archives: February 2019
TRIVIA TRAIL: VIKING UNDERWEAR
Question: Did Vikings wear underwear? Answer: Apparently, yes. Linen ones. https://thornews.com/2017/10/23/research-wealthy-vikings-did-wear-blue-linen-underwear/
HISTORY SHARE: LOG CABIN PRESIDENTS
Though the sixteenth president of the United States is the one most renowned for being born in a log cabin, the seventh, eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, fourteenth, fifteenth, eighteenth, and twentieth all were, too. https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/which-us-presidents-lived-in-a-log-cabin.html
HISTORIC STORMS: U.S. BLIZZARDS
It’s become a bit nippy here, but things could be worse! https://www.treehugger.com/worst-blizzards-in-american-history-1140776
HOLOCAUST HEROISM: SAVING CHILDREN WITH A GAME OF CATCH
Tossing a ball across the Swiss border and having children run after it was only one of the ways Georges Loingers got Jewish children to safety in WW II. http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/252039/georges-loingers-game-of-catch
Time Travelling With Kids 