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Everyone knows that July 4th is our Independence Day, but I bet most people don’t know the date of Flag Day off the top of their head. Some might even think they are the same day! Well, that’s not ...

Memorial Day originated in the 1860’s, following the American Civil War, and is celebrated officially on the last Monday in May.  Traditionally, the Holiday was to commemorate Union soldiers who ha...

Body modification has existed on Earth for thousands of years, since the beginnings of recorded and discovered history, and perhaps for as long as the human species has been around.  But what about...

Cinco de Mayo is an annual celebration on May 5th, (hence ‘Cinco de Mayo’ which is Spanish for the “fifth of May”). This holiday is celebrated nationwide in the United States and regionally in Mexi...

Swarovski.  It’s a name we’re all familiar with.  In fact, hardly a person in the world can say that they don’t own at least one item containing Swarovski Crystal Elements.  Founded in 1895, the br...

In the modern sense, many of us think of body modification as piercings and tattoos, but historically, true body mod has included so much more.  From foot binding in china, to corsetry in the UK, a...

Burlesque.  A performance art drawn from the Victorian cabaret and earlier vaudeville acts, it remains one of the most prevalent fashion influences in Western culture today.  The idea behind true b...

Modern science tells us that tattooing and other forms of body modification have been around for thousands of years, but it’s a lot more fun to find actual proof that can be examined by human eyes....

Like many world holidays, Leap Day is celebrated in very different ways in different places, and with a tradition so old and so much a part of our lives, there are definitely some Leap Day facts an...