The story of Twister, a popular board game, and how it was saved from obscurity by Johnny Carson on his late-night talk show. The game's inventor, Ren Geyer, had pitched it to several companies, but it was initially met with skepticism due to its provocative nature. However, after Carson played the game on his show, it became a huge hit, and by the end of 1967, three million Twister games had been sold. [... more]

The story of how Johnny Carson saved the Twister game from obscurity with a hilarious segment on his late-night talk show, leading to its massive popularity and eventual enshrinement in the National Toy Hall of Fame. [... more]

Johnny Carson played a game of Twister with actress Ava Gabor on The Tonight Show, catapulting the game to fame and making it a staple of teenage basement parties in the 1960s. The game's sales skyrocketed, with three million units sold by the end of 1967 and an estimated 65 million people playing it since its release. [... more]

The outdoors is closer than we realize, and nature makes all of our lives better. The WNBA All-Star game against the Olympic team was a hotly contested battle, with Arike Ogunbawale setting an all-star game record with 34 points. Meanwhile, the Hall of Fame induction took place in Cooperstown, with Joe Mauer being inducted as a lifelong twin and a hometown hero. [... more]

Johnny Carson's appearance on The Tonight Show with Twister in 1966 helped turn the game into a cultural phenomenon, making it one of the decade's most popular games, with over 65 million people playing it since its release. [... more]

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, used the telegraph to project presidential power and win the Civil War by issuing commands to his generals and directing the movement of forces in nearly real time. [... more]

The story of Twister, a popular party game, and how it was saved from obscurity by a late-night talk show host, Johnny Carson, in 1966. The game's origins, its initial struggles, and its eventual rise to fame are explored in this fascinating tale of American entertainment history. [... more]

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, became the first wired president by embracing the telegraph, a technology that allowed him to project presidential power and win the Civil War. He spent much of his presidency in the War Department's telegraph office, monitoring the latest intelligence and communicating with his generals and family. Lincoln's use of the telegraph revolutionized the way a national leader could interact with their military officers, and his personal stories and anecdotes have been preserved through the accounts of the telegraph operators who worked with him. [... more]

The story of how Johnny Carson saved the popular board game Twister from being discontinued in the 1960s, after it was initially met with controversy due to its perceived risqué nature, but ultimately became a staple of teenage basement parties and one of the decade's most popular games. [... more]

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, became the first wired president by embracing the telegraph, using it to project presidential power and win the Civil War. He spent more time in the War Department's telegraph office than anywhere else outside of the White House, reading through incoming telegrams and communicating with generals and his family. [... more]

Ulysses S. Grant, the Civil War hero, faced financial ruin after his investment firm collapsed, but with the help of Mark Twain, he penned a literary masterpiece, an autobiography, to save his family from destitution, a story of perseverance and determination in the face of adversity. [... more]

President Abraham Lincoln used the telegraph to help win the Civil War, projecting presidential power in unprecedented fashion. He spent more time in the War Department's telegraph office than anywhere else outside of the White House, monitoring the latest intelligence and communicating with generals and his family. [... more]

Johnny Carson played a game of Twister with actress Ava Gabor on The Tonight Show, saving the game from obscurity and catapulting it to popularity, with over 65 million people eventually playing the game. [... more]

Ulysses S. Grant, the former president and Civil War hero, was on the brink of financial ruin after his investment firm collapsed, leaving him with just $80 to his name. With the help of his friend Mark Twain, Grant embarked on a mission to write his memoirs, racing against time to complete the task before his throat cancer took his life. Despite the excruciating pain and physical limitations, Grant persevered, producing a literary masterpiece that would go on to become one of the greatest memoirs in American history. [... more]

Tina Ramirez's story of advocating for religious freedom and human rights began at a young age, influenced by her father's conversion to the Jehovah's Witnesses. She went on to study human rights in France and later founded Hardwired, a nonprofit that establishes local leadership in countries to defend religious freedom. Tina's work has taken her to countries like Iraq, where she met a Sunni Muslim judge who risked his life to defend the rights of minority faith communities. [... more]