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101. History of the U.S. Dollar Currency The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of currency of the United States; it has also been adopted as the official currency of some other countries. The U.S. dollar is normally abbreviated as the dollar sign, $, or as USD or US$ to...
102. The History of the Snowman The snowman is one of the world's most popular and recognizable icons excluding religious figures. For the first time one of man's oldest forms of folk art has been examined and gets his due. Unfortunately, my findings are not here but this is a tast...
103. Landscape into Art This lens is designed as an idiosyncratic resource on the history of Landscape Art and Painting. The title of this lens, as well as that of my painting blog, comes from Kenneth Clark's 1949 lecture series on the history of landscape painting. We'll e...
104. The Historic City of Bath, England I moved to Wiltshire, just 12 miles from Bath, in 1993. Since then I've fallen in love with this beautiful city in south-west England. We still live in Wiltshire although much further away from Bath but I still visit it often. It is popular with vis...
105. Circus Ring of Fame Honors Legendary Performers The 23rd Annual St Armands Circle Ring of Fame induction ceremony takes place in St Armands Circle Park 1-3:30pm Sunday, January 17, 2010. 2010's honorees are: Tino Wallenda Zupe, a Highwire artist and grandson of Karl Wallenda; Rudi and Sue Lenz...
106. Quiz: Beauties of Brussels, my Home Town I was born and raised in Brussels, Belgium. It's my Home Town. Unfortunately, Brussels underwent major changes during these last years, this is what urged me to leave. However, I always loved this town and still do.  Brussels is a beautifu...
107. The Secret Race: Anglo-Indians Anglo-Indians are the mixed race, which originated in India during the British Raj, or the Colonial period in India. The British went to India as Traders in 1600 and left India after ruling it for over 400 years, in 1947. British soldiers married or...
108. 18th Century Threshing Photo Credit: Threshing with hand flails on Flickr, Creative Commons. This lens is a continuation of the Garner Rix Unit Study Garner Rix and the Royalton Raid. After returning to Royalton, Garner was given a section of land that had been confiscated...
109. Top 10 Best of New Orleans in the Fifties I grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana in the 1950's and it was like a different world from the New Orleans of today. There was an almost magical quality to the city. Just think about it. We had Audubon Park, Pontchartrain Beach, Mardi Gras, Canal S...
110. Anne Perry Anne Perry is a British historical author. Her books have mad the New York Times Bestseller List. Now these highly captivating history novels are also available as downloadable audio books: Anne Perry MP3 Audio Books Downloads Online  Teh real...
111. Vatican Islam Conspiracy Does the Vatican have something to hide or was this truly the religious hoax of the century?  The Pope of the Roman Catholic Church was the catylist in the "creation" of Islam says Jack Chick, founder of the world's largest religio...
112. Steve Biko Steve Biko was a South African anti-aprtheid leader who died in prison of brain injury after being beaten by Pretoria police.
113. Chronological History of the World Unit Study for Homeschoolers This lens is a sequel to my Chronological History of the World unit-study. We left off at the Cenozoic era, and this over-laps a bit, as the Cenozoic Era is still on-going.  We pick up about 6-8mya(Million Years Ago), with the introduction of th...
114. How Do I Start My Family Tree? The big picture - It is important to start your family tree information with yourself because it can be added to in an organized manner from there and it is the information that you know the best. Next add your Father and Mother and then if you can...
115. Tsai Lun | Cai Lun The inventor of paper. He lived and served as an official at the Chinese Imperial Court at the Han Dynasty in China at about 1800 years ago. In or about the year 105 A.D., he presented Emperor Han Ho Ti with samples of paper. Chinese records do menti...
116. Port Phillip Bay : Travel Victoria I can't imagine not living close to the vast expanse of Port Phillip Bay. It's Australia's largest tidal lagoon and covers around two thousand square kilometres with a maximum depth of over 30 metres. It's surprisingly shallow, almost an inland sea,...
117. Christina Georgina Rossetti: Biography and Analysis of her Poems Christina Georgina Rossetti began writing her first poems at the young age of eleven when she produced a small volume of poetry that was later privately published by her grandmother. It was to be the beginning of a fruitful career which led her to be...
118. The Ostrich Inn, Colnbrook, Berkshire The Ostrich Inn is situated in my home village of Colnbrook and for many years, I worked in the building next door to it. The Ostrich is said to be the third oldest inn in England and parts of the building date back to the 12th century! The infamou...
119. Genealogy...Creating an Awesome Family Tree Creating a Family Tree is fun and easy. We have gone back to the 1600's with our Family Tree and learned so much great information about our ancestors.
120. HISTORY OF TATOO'S More and more people are getting tattoo's, but how many people know the history of tattoo's? The history of tattoo's began over 5000 years ago. Some people might be suprised to hear this, but i will take you through the ages of tatto...