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Modern archaeology and anthropology find no credible physical evidence that a separate race of enormous humans — “giants” in the sense of people many meters tall — ever existed; many historical report...
Several Founding Fathers explicitly referenced Islam or Muslims in their writings and public actions: Thomas Jefferson owned a Qur’an and studied Islam’s texts; Benjamin Franklin mentioned “the Mufti ...
Genetic studies consistently show that modern Palestinians cluster genetically with other Levantine populations (Lebanese, Syrians, Jordanians) and share substantial ancestry with Bronze‑ and Iron‑Age...
Archaeologists have on occasion uncovered human skeletons that are unusually large relative to contemporaneous populations, but confirmed examples are rare and usually have scientific explanations suc...
Modern Homo sapiens appeared in Africa roughly 300,000 years ago according to mainstream timelines . "Civilization" — meaning sustained cities, social stratification, agriculture and often writing — f...
Ronald Reagan used the line “Let’s make America great again” as a campaign pledge in his 1980 presidential run and it appeared on buttons and posters that year . Multiple retrospective accounts—academ...
The phrase “Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals” is widely attributed in contemporary reporting and quote collections to biographer Robert A. Caro, who expressed the idea in interviews and his writings:...
Archaeological reporting does not identify a single uncontested “largest recorded human skeleton”; claims range from well-documented pathological individuals (ancient cases of gigantism) to contested ...
The short answer: there is no credible scientific evidence that the mythic, humanlike “giants”—people 20 feet tall or more—ever roamed Earth; tall figures in folklore, religious texts, and some extrao...
Mar-a-Lago was built in the 1920s by heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post as an opulent winter residence on a 17–20 acre site in Palm Beach; construction took about four years and opened in 1927 after w...
During his years as a Nation of Islam (NOI) minister (roughly 1952–1964), Malcolm X publicly embraced NOI teachings that characterized white people as oppressive and even as “devils,” arguing whites w...
Contemporary NASA measurements and post‑flight analyses show Apollo crews received small, non‑fatal doses: Apollo missions that reached the Moon averaged about 0.46 rad absorbed dose at the skin and r...
Presidents have repeatedly altered the White House through construction, decoration, and major reconstructions, from Theodore Roosevelt’s modernization to Harry S. Truman’s near-total interior rebuild...
The White House is governed by a mix of statute, executive order, and long-standing practice: a 1961 law and Executive Order 11145 formally create responsibilities for care, a Curator, and a Committee...
NASA’s mission dosimeters and later analyses show Apollo astronauts received small cumulative doses on the order of tenths of a rad (0.18–0.46 rad commonly reported), roughly comparable to a couple of...
U.S. economic and political influence shaped pre‑1959 Cuba by concentrating ownership and markets in American hands—by the late 1950s U.S. investors controlled large shares of mines, utilities, railwa...
Archaeological and scientific sources show no verified evidence for a lost race of ancient human "giants" (e.g., nine‑ to twelve‑foot humans) but do record misidentified fossils, hoaxes, and isolated ...
Multiple recent reports document President Donald Trump’s extensive use of gold in Oval Office redecorations, but none of the reviewed sources identify who in the White House. Contemporary coverage fo...
Beginning with staggered enforcement since 2015 and accelerated rules in 2025–2026, Real ID or an acceptable federal alternative is required to access many—but not all—federal facilities: broadly, sec...
A line can be drawn between long-held White House collection pieces—like the Resolute Desk and many portraits and gilded objects maintained in the institutional holdings—and the discrete, 2025-specifi...