Did you know…..While opossums are very commonly referred to as “possums,” the possum is actually a separate creature. Possums include several species of nocturnal, arboreal (tree-dwelling) marsupials native to Australia …
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Johnny Campbell was the first to cheer the football team in 1898 in Princeton. Cheerleading is almost 100 years old when most of the cheerleaders were men. Now 98% of …
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Ivy Green is the birthplace of Helen Keller. Â Helen Keller is known has the first woman of courage and her life is truly an inspiration. Â Ivy Green stands today as …
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Alabama is a wonderful place to be a birdwatcher. Â And the good thing about it is you do not have to go far….just out your backdoor. Â Here are just a …
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The dragon blood tree is one of the most popular natural wonders growing in and around the Mediterranean region. The tree gives out a deep scarlet colored sap, which is …
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The bright dancing lights of the aurora are actually collisions between electrically charged particles from the sun that enter the earth’s atmosphere. The lights are seen above the magnetic poles …
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Man has forever been captivated by photography and the ability to be able to capture images and memories forever. The question that arises is whether the use of Kirlian photography …
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Murphy’s Law is a witticism which states that ‘anything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong’. The Law came into recognition at the Edward’s Air force Base at North …
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February….the shortest month of the year…even with an extra day as well as the month for lovers with Valentine’s Day…but did you also know these tidbits about February? February is named after …
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Starfish, or more technically accurate, sea stars, are fascinating creatures and amazingly diverse. Most commonly thought of as a five-armed intertidal species, starfish come in myriad shapes, sizes, colors, arm …
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Groundhog Day, it’s a strange holiday based more on folklore than science. But despite the fact that most, if not all, meteorologists place little value on the rodent’s ability to …
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When the weather man calls for snow, ice or sleet the groceryman smiles. Â Why you ask under your breath as you rush to the Foodland…is it because folks have …
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The history and the way of life of Alabama Indians was profoundly affected by newcomers to the area. The indigenous people had occupied the land thousands of years before the …
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SHEFFIELD-The Helen Keller Hospital Foundation announces tickets are available for their annual Mardi Gras luncheon and fashion show. The Fundraising event will take place February 23Â at the Marriott Shoals Conference …
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Just how did Muscle Shoals get the name….. Indians first inhabited the lands bordered by the Tennessee River that we call the Shoals area today. No one knows when the …
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 Did You know…In 1883, Alfred Moses and Walter Gordon purchased 2,700 acres of land and created the Sheffield Land, Iron, and Coal company to hold a land sale and build …
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Women who have cats have long been associated with the concept of spinsterhood. In more recent decades, the concept of a cat lady has been associated with “romance-challenged (often career-oriented) …
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It was in Austria. The year was 1900. Erwin Perzy was a producer who specialized in surgical instruments. He worked in a small home on the countryside outskirts of Vienna …
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All right. Here are some thing you probably never considered about the Holidays. Or maybe you did. But here they are anyway. Did you  know that scientists in Norway actually …
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Sure, the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus), a marine mammal belonging to the baleen whales (Mysticeti), is big. We mean really big! And it is bigger than any other extant animal, …