Libion McLear

Why Do We Flip People Off? Why One or Two Fingers?

Origin of Flipping Off Flipping people off is as old as mankind itself. The one finger flip and the two finger flip seem to have...

Welcome to History Alive Today: A Special Welcome

Welcome to the newly launched "History Alive Today" website. The intent of this new site is to bring you fun snippet of history that...

Why When Pouring We Say it’s Raining Cats and Dogs?

The phrase it's "Raining cats and dogs" is first found in writing in 1651 in a poem called Olor Iscanus by a British poet...

Why Do We Use Forks and Who Invented Them?

For thousands of years and even now in certain cutlures, the natural eating instruments were the fingers. Forks were adopted much later than the...

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