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AMBER Alerts

AMBER Alerts are alerts that you get on your phone when a child that is 17 or under goes missing. These alerts are sent to people that are in a certain range of the child that has been abducted. AMBER alerts will state the name and description of the

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72 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Apr 12, 2024

History of Fast Foods

We all know about Fast Foods we all go and visit them sometimes maybe all the time like Burger King, Wendy's, McDonald but what was the main fast foods that everyone always visited well Most historians agree that the American company White Castle was

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63 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Apr 5, 2024

Do aliens really exist?

     Have you ever thought about that we can't be the only ones in the universe, right? We are still trying to find out if there is life besides us which is basically a big possibility there is. It's no secret that we have been trying to find out for

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67 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Apr 5, 2024

Tootsie Rolls, A Saving Grace

In 1950 during the Korean War ran into an interesting dilemma when the use of a codeword gets misinterpreted. While stationed in ChangJin Reservoir, the Marine troops found themselves severally outnumbered and undersupplied. When they were almost out

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76 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Apr 5, 2024

History of April Fools Day

 

April fools day is a tradition celebrated or practiced every year on April first. It is a day full of tricks or jokes typically followed by the words “April Fools!” April Fools day has been around for centuries and is celebrated by many different cu

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73 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Apr 5, 2024

History of Rap/Hip-Hop

Rap dates back all the way to the late 1970s. It was discovered in the Bronxs and has developed to become one of the most streamed genres of music today. This type of music originated from African American gangs as a way to disrespect other gangs via

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47 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Apr 5, 2024

The African Second Dose Decade

The Africa Second Dose Decade is an important effort to make sure people in Africa get their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. This initiative is really crucial because the pandemic is still a big problem, especially in places where it's hard to g

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4 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Mar 28, 2024

History of Selena Quintanilla

Selnena was a very popular Mexican-American singer back in 1995. That's when everybody knew her. But when she started her career she was just about 9 years old. Her father, Abraham Quintanilla, was a singer too. He had his own band before he became a

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10 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Mar 28, 2024

Volleyball: An American Classic

Volleyball, originally called mintonette, has evolved from a humble beginning to a global sport. The popular game can be traced back to Massachusetts, USA, where it was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan. Morgan introduced volleyball as an alterna

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62 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Mar 28, 2024

History Of Soccer

When was is invented? Soccer was invented in England in 1863. There was multiple types and versions of like soccer in Mexico and China and Ancient Greece. The first ever soccer team ever was Sheffeld Its considered the first soccer team ever. The wor

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49 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Mar 28, 2024

history of Florida

There are a lot of things that people don't know about florida. They became a state on March, 3rd 1845. When I think about Florida I think about how hot and nice it is but, I learned that Florida has gotten to -2 before.

One thing that you may not kno

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66 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Mar 28, 2024

The history of March Madness

     The first ever men's March Madness tournament was in 1939. The March Madness tournament was actually overshadowed by another tournament that was more prestigious at the time. The NIT or also known as the National invitation tournament featured t

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52 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Mar 28, 2024

US History of Trapshooting

Trapshooting 

Trapshooting is a sport where you stand 16 yards behind an underground target thrower and the thrower throws out targets. When you walk out on the line you shoot 25 shots at 25 targets. The history of trap shooting dates all the way back

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27 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Mar 28, 2024

History of Trapping in the U.S

Trapping has deep roots in American history, starting with the old west pioneer people who used traps for subsistence. Fast forward to European colonization, and trapping became a cornerstone of the frontier economy. The fur trade, with beaver pelts

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22 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Mar 28, 2024

The history of makeup

Makeup has been around since 400 BCE (Before Common Era) it started with the Egyptians doing eyeliner to white powders to lighten skin tone and green eye color to represent different gods. Romans used different cosmetics during the 1st century. Kohl

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31 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Mar 28, 2024

How Daylight Savings Started

Last Sunday, March 10th, at 2am, we all moved our clocks forward one hour, resulting in more daylight. On October 27, at 2am, the clocks will be moved back, resulting in less daylight. Iowa changes their clocks twice a year, however not all states in

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35 Replies · Reply by Mr. Bruns Mar 22, 2024
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