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On this date in the year 1314, the city of Oslo became the capital of Norway.

Here are some things you may not have known about the city.

Oslo traces its history to about 1000 AD with the building of St. Clement’s Church. King Hakkon the Fifth moved the capital of Norway from Bergen on the western coast to Oslo, which...

On this date in 1963, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered one of the most iconic speeches of the last century on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Here are some things you may not have known about the "I Have a Dream" speech:

The full name of the event King was speaking at was the March on...

On this date in 1859, the first large-scale oil well began operating in Titusville, Pennsylvania.

Here are some things you may not have known about the early days of oil.

Oil naturally seeps from the ground in large parts of western Pennsylvania. Native Americans had used the oil for centuries as an insect repellant,...

Here are some things you may not have known about the eruption:

The island of Krakatoa is located in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra.

Krakatoa is located at the subduction zone of the...

Today is the 85th birthday of actor Sean Connery.

 

Here are some things you may not have known about him:

 

Connery was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was a truck driver and his mother was a cleaning woman. He began bodybuilding at the age of 18 and according to his official website he finished third in...