Black history has always existed. The fight has never been about whether it happened, but whether it would be acknowledged, taught, and remembered. This year at theGrio, our Black History Month theme ...

A few thousand years ago, sugar was unknown in the western world. Sugarcane, a tall grass first domesticated in New Guinea around 6000BC, was initially chewed for its sweet juice rather than ...

Spices are as old as humankind itself! They have led to the creation and loss of empires. Even new continents were discovered because of spices. There are numerous spices mentioned in the Bible, such ...

Through the looking glass: In early 1995, IBM sent shockwaves through the laptop industry with the introduction of the ThinkPad 701, a device that appeared to be just another unassuming black ...

Have you ever wondered how computers understand what we want them to do? It all comes down to programming languages. These special sets of instructions have changed a lot over the years, from really ...

The history of tariffs in America is a long one. In fact, tariffs have been a part of the American fabric since the early days of the Republic. The first tariff legislation was introduced by James ...

A shard of smooth bone etched with irregular marks dating back 20,000 years puzzled archaeologists until they noticed something unique – the etchings, lines like tally marks, may have represented ...

From Dorothy’s home getting caught in a wild wind storm in 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” to Helen Hunt and Bill Paxton running toward danger in 1996’s “Twister,” the tornado has long permeated American ...

The Tu family live in a luxurious apartment in an unnamed city; they want their only son, Wei (Muran Lin), to go to an Ivy League university but he’s more interested in gaming than studying. His ...

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