To top it off, Logan often calls his son “Romulus.” Based on mythology, Romulus was the founder and first ruler of the city of Rome. Logan wishes Roman could be “man” enough to take his place one day. Is Roman’s real name Romulus? The name Romulus is boy’s name of […]
Calling her “Ace” was his way of gently ribbing Rory for her serious demeanor and the way she held her work as a student journalist to the utmost importance. As someone who was completely carefree, Logan found humor in this. Where does the nickname Ace come from? The name Ace […]
In season 4, their marriage took a downward spiral, which ultimately resulted in a brief separation. Gilmore Girls never exactly explained the cause of Richard and Emily’s split. However, in season 5, Emily told her husband that he changed and no longer respected her. Do Lorelai’s parents get back together? […]
By the end of Gilmore Girls season 3, the teenage characters on the show were heading off to college. For Rory, that meant Yale over Harvard. Lane, meanwhile, went to a Seventh-day Adventist College at the request of Mrs. Kim (although she didn’t last long), but Dave didn’t stick around […]
Where it all began. Start your weekend at the Mayflower Inn & Spa, the inspiration for Stars Hollow’s Independence Inn—and, many say, the Gilmore Girls television show itself. Where is Stars Hollow located in real life? Location. Stars Hollow was inspired by and is loosely based on the actual villages […]
Paris Eustace Geller is a fictional character on the television series Gilmore Girls and its spin-off A Year in the Life, played by Liza Weil. Paris is introduced as an ambitious high-school student from a wealthy family, who was raised almost entirely by her nanny. Is Paris Geller poor? 2 […]
The labor of tens of thousands of slaves were used to build this magnificent structure. The Colosseum had the capacity to host about 80,000 spectators and 80 entrances at the time of its construction. What world famous monuments were built by slaves? Here are 15 of them. The White House […]
Choate Rosemary Hall. Chilton is actually based on a real Connecticut prep school named Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford and it’s one of the leading private boarding schools in the U.S. Choate boasts an impressive list alums, including President John F. Kennedy, playwright Edward Albee, and actress Glenn Close. What […]
In its post-Revolutionary War years, the makeup of Georgetown’s community was far from diverse. Populated by Jesuits and an all-male, white, Christian student body, and supported by plantations run on African slave labor, Georgetown was indeed a product of its time. Did Georgetown University have slaves? One of the Maryland […]
Windsor Castle was launched at Whitby in 1783. Initially she was primarily a West Indiaman. Then from 1797 she made five voyages as a slave ship and foundered off Bermuda in 1803 after having disembarked her slaves.Windsor Castle (1783 ship) History Great Britain Builder Whitby Launched 1783 Captured Foundered 1803 […]
The University of Virginia utilized the labor of enslaved African Americans from the earliest days of its construction, in 1817, until the end of the American Civil War (1861–1865). Who built the University of Virginia? Thomas JeffersonIn 1819, Thomas Jefferson founded the University of Virginia and inaugurated a bold experiment […]
all girls’ schools demonstrate greater academic achievement, score higher on college admissions tests, have more confidence in STEM subject areas, and generally feel more confident and empowered. Do girls do better in an all girl school? It found girls from single-sex schools reported a positive difference on 227 out of […]
For the 2020-21 academic year, women made up an all-time high of 59.5 percent of college students, while men trailed at 40.5 percent, according to enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse, a nonprofit research group. What percentage of men are going to college? 40.5 percentMen students at US colleges […]
The vast majority of single-sex colleges today are women-only; only 3 men-only colleges remain, excluding religious vocational schools such as seminaries and yeshivas. Many single-sex colleges partner with another local institution, either single-sex or co-ed, to increase the opportunities they can offer to students. Are there any men only colleges […]
Smith had received a revelation from God, first through an angel, and then through a book inscribed on golden plates. Smith translated the writing on the plates into the Book of Mormon, which tells the story of the ancient people of America. Where did Joseph Smith receive his revelation? Section […]