Top 20 Famous Persons In The World 2022 Dwayne Johnson. Dwayne Johnson, nicknamed “The Rock”, is the most famous person in the world as of 2022. Joe Biden. Elon Musk. Jeff Bezos. LeBron James. Kylie Jenner. Robert Downey Jr. Cristiano Ronaldo. Who is the most famous person in the world […]
Religious composition of adults in Pennsylvania Christian 73% Evangelical Protestant 19% Baptist Family (Evangelical Trad.) 3% What is Pennsylvania main religion? Philadelphia has a number of centers of worship for a multitude of faiths. According to the Pew Research Center, the most practiced religion is Christianity with 68%, (41% Protestant […]
Peaceful relations with neighboring American Indian groups and fertile farmland helped Penn’s experiment become a success. Philadelphia grew into one of the most important cities in colonial America, becoming the birthplace of the U.S. Constitution. What makes Pennsylvania a good colony? Due to Pennsylvania’s Quaker roots, the colony never had […]
Here are 40 useless facts that everyone should know. There will be NO quiz on these later: In 10 minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined. On average, 100 people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year. On average, people fear spiders more […]
Is it legal to sing in the shower though? For some shower singers, it should probably be against the law. According to Pennsylvania state law, you are unable to sing in the bathtub. However, belting your heart out next to the bathtub afterwards is socially acceptable. What is the weirdest […]
Martha Washington is the first and only woman to grace the primary portrait of U.S. paper currency. Who is the first woman on U.S. currency? Watch this video to explore the history of women on U.S. coins. In 1893, Queen Isabella of Spain became the first woman featured on a […]
Fin is for Five. Give your grandparents a great surprise by calling a $5 bill a “fin”. This was the dubbed nickname for the note in the 19th and early 20th century; a name that comes from the German/Yiddish language. In Yiddish, “fin” means “five”. Is Fin slang for a […]
Though a gold three-dollar coin was produced in the 1800s, no three-dollar bill has ever been produced. Various fake US$3 bills have also been released over time. Who is the $3 bill? The three-dollar piece was a gold coin produced by the United States Bureau of the Mint from 1854 […]
Why Is a $10 Bill Called a Sawbuck? A sawbuck or sawhorse resembles “X,” which is also the Roman numeral for “10.” The first $10 bills issued by the U.S. government in the 1860s prominently featured the Roman numeral 10; the huge Xs looked like sawbucks’ side. So “sawbuck” became […]
Andrew Jackson first appeared on the $20 bill in 1928. Although 1928 coincides with the 100th anniversary of Jackson’s election as president, it is not clear why the portrait on the bill was switched from Grover Cleveland to Jackson. (Cleveland’s portrait was moved to the new $1000 bill the same […]
Pennsylvania’s early history, influenced by the idealism of its founder William Penn, makes it unique among the original thirteen colonies. Religious tolerance, diversity, and representative government became reality here in Pennsylvania. Why was Pennsylvania the best colony? The Pennsylvania Colony was on good terms with the Native Americans. There was […]
Some famous people who live in Philadelphia are actors and other Philadelphia celebs are musicians.Celebrities Who Live in Philadelphia Will Smith. Bill Cosby. Terrence Howard. Patti LaBelle. M. Bam Margera. Meek Mill. Bernard Hopkins. Who is famous and lives in PA? Famous People From Pennsylvania 1 Kobe Bryant. 985 133. […]
1914. Statesman, inventor, diplomat, and American founding father Benjamin Franklin has been featured on the obverse of the bill since 1914. On the reverse of the banknote is an image of Independence Hall in Philadelphia, which has been used since 1928. Who was on the 100 dollar bill before Benjamin […]
Benjamin Franklin One thing he was not was a U.S. President. Franklin served as ambassador to France and was later elected “President of Pennsylvania”, what we would call a governor today. He never ran for president. Franklin was very elderly and sick by the time of the first presidential election […]
The Seven Nations were located at Lorette, Wolinak, Odanak, Kahnawake, Kanesetake, Akwesasne and La Présentation. Sometimes the Abenaki of Wolinak and Odanak were counted as one nation and sometimes the Algonquin and the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) at Kanesetake were counted as two separate nations. How many nations of Indians are there? […]