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Month: April 2023

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History of Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo literally translates as May 5th and this is the name of the celebration also lovingly dubbed as Mexico St. Patty’s Day. The holiday commemorates the Battle of the Puebla between France and Mexico on May 5th 1862. At the time, Mexico owed France along with Spain and England a lot of money.…
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Facts about Earth Day!

in 1962 Rachel Carson’s new York times best-selling book Silent Spring opened many people’s eyes to the negative consequences of industrialization and showed a direct link between pollution and public health. As the modern environmental movement gained steam in the mid-1960s an activist out of San Francisco wanted to celebrate something like earth day on…
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Crazy things about Earth Day

Earth day always takes place on April 22nd as a nod to the first official demonstration. People worldwide participate with rallies concerts acts of service outdoor activities and more. Its known as international mother earth day around the world. The United Nations general assembly came up with the moniker in 2009 although it never stuck…
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The Wacky and Weird of Planet Earth

Here are some earthy facts to wow your friends: every day about 100 tons of interplanetary material fall down onto Earth’s surface primarily from the ice of comets as they vaporize near the Sun The Pacific Basin contains half of the free water on earth and could hold all of the world’s continents. Constructed from…
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