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The Kwanzaa holiday is truly special and unique.  Created by Maulana Karenga in 1966, Kwanzaa is a celebration of African American roots and heritage, and is observed each year from December 26th t...

From common knowledge to crazy new info, get ready to exercise your brains with a cavalcade of head scratchers.  How many will you be able to beat?  (Don’t forget to show off your score by posting ...

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.  -John Fitzgerald Kennedy   50 Shades of Camouflage   Camo comes in many ...

Of course you remember the fifth of November (it was yesterday), but for those in Great Britain the fifth has a different meaning.  That day is Guy Fawkes Day, a yearly commemoration of the arrest ...

Those of us who have piercings today (most of us anyways) remember being cleaned up and pierced by a professional.  Sterilized instruments, single use piercing needles, clean and well-trained pierc...

Today, July 20th is a holiday, though it may be one that you’re unfamiliar with.  This is Moon Day, and it’s been declared to celebrate the anniversary of Earth’s first successful manned mission to...

Today, June 28th, has once again been declared international body piercing day, a fairly young event celebrated in piercing and modification communities worldwide.   The first official day was decl...

………………..1978 Jim Ward opens the first piercing studio, Gauntlet, on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. ……………….. 1983 Australian company Ryebuck releases a publication about the cultural prac...

……………….. 1530 The Spanish begin to record their experience observing ritual piercing amongst the native peoples in Mesoamerica, including the Aztecs and the Maya. ……………….. 1700-1800 Explorers from ...