History Schmistory, March 16: Who’s Yer Daddy, Chris?
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Ferdinand Magellan, the "Weekend at Bernies" of Explorers
You’re the Apple of my Pi
Friday, March 14, 2025
Everyone knows it’s pi day today (3/14). But did you know that the earliest known textually evidenced approximations of pi date from around 1900 BC? They are found in the Egyptian Rhind Papyrus 256/81 ≈ 3.160 and on Babylonian tablets 25/8 = 3.125, both within 1 percent of the true value.Unfortunately, it was only a pie of pi ; )
Earth is cool.
Monday, March 10, 2025
View of earth from the international space station. Lights, storms, atmosphere. Â Amazing.
GO THERE! Travel Tips from the Experts!
Friday, March 7, 2025
Hey, if it happens in New York, baby, you know its good. Here are the top travel tips from The New York Times Travel Show!
Thneuss Thnelebrates!
Sunday, March 2, 2025
Today is Theodore Geisel’s birthday! That’s Dr. Seuss to you Oncelers!
History Schmistory: Fuggedaboutit!
Friday, February 28, 2025
On this day in 1940, Race car driver Mario Andretti was born. The labor was really fast.
Valentine’s Day Around the World Video!
Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Learn how they celebrate love in Scotland, Japan, Korea, France, Germany, Denmark, Singapore, Finland, England, and Italy!
History Schmistory: December 31st – Happy New Year!
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
1904, New York
The first new years eve party is held in Times Square. The first ball drop happened 3 years later.
![Phier at en.wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/NewYearEve2008_TimeSquare.jpg)
Phier at en.wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], from Wikimedia Commons
History Schmistory: December 30th – A match made in literary heaven
Monday, December 30, 2024
1816
Reknowned poet Percy Bysse Shelley (of Ozymandias fame) marries Mary Godwin. Mary will go on to write Frankenstein and arguably become the more famous of the pair… wonder what ole Percy made of that….
![Richard Rothwell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/200px-RothwellMaryShelley.jpg)
Mary Shelley by Richard Rothwell [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
![By Amelia Curran (1775-1847) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](http://www.teammarcopolo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Portrait_of_Percy_Bysshe_Shelley_by_Curran_1819.jpg)
Percy Bysse Shelley By Amelia Curran (1775-1847) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
