On the fourth Thursday of November, Americans will get together with their families and often sit down to large dinners (and go searching for bargains the next day on Black Friday). The premise of Thanksgiving is wholesome enough - be thankful for what you have and spending time with family - but its origins are …
The American tradition of celebrating Independence Day - or the 4th of July - is usually a big deal. It's a day of recognizing the breaking away from the tyranny of the British government in 1776. The date has been observed since 1777, but how has the 4th of July been observed differently over the …
Tell a baseball player that baseball is the same as rounders, expect a baseball bat to the face. And definitely do not compare it to cricket, either. But the oddest thing is that the sport has its roots in rounders and technically baseball is older than cricket (which was established in the late 1500s - …
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Why use a rodent to be your weather forecaster? It does look like a strange tradition. A groundhog in Pennsylvania pops up out of his burrow and looks for his shadow to predict when spring will arrive. Groundhog Day is an event that was not created by the Americans. It comes from German and Dutch …
American football (or just "football" to Americans) looks like an odd sport to outsiders. Namely, you call it football when you hold the ball in game. It looks very similar to rugby, and for good reason as it has roots in rugby. But what brought the game's inception? And what makes it the national obsession …
What's Going On, America? 