| Saving (Sculpted) Presidents | | Not many people can say they have 43 giant presidential busts sitting in their backyard, but that's exactly what one Virginia man has. Now that they're out of the White House and on his farm, Howard Hankins hopes to find them a new home. | | | Love Mac 'n' Cheese? Thank Our Third President | | Founding father, co-author of the Declaration of Independence, third president of the United States. All great achievements. But, we should also recognize Thomas Jefferson for bringing macaroni and cheese into our lives. The creamy combo made its way to the U.S. courtesy of Jefferson, who, while visiting France, became enamored of fashionable pasta dishes there. Yum! Thanks TJ. | | | | | Everybody (In The 18th Century) Getting Tipsy | | So it turns out our founding fathers were complete lushes. So much so that Benjamin Franklin published a dictionary of 228 words that all describe one thing: being blind-drunk in the thirteen colonies. | | | | The 50-Star American Flag Came From a High School Project | | In 1958, Ohio high schooler Robert Heft submitted a class project that would change our country forever. Heft's history teacher gave his class an open-ended assignment: make a project illustrating your interest in American history. So Heft redesigned the 48-star American flag to include two additional stars for Hawaii and Alaska. | | | | | |
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