General Knowledge

Let's rewind to the evening of September 13, 1812, shall we? Francis Scott Key, a lawyer from Maryland, boarded a British ship to negotiate the release of Dr. William Beans, a prisoner of war accused of misleading British troops.

In Elizabethan England, where there were hundreds of resale shops in London, it was common to buy desirable upper-class clothing secondhand. The affluent purchased custom-tailored garments or had servants sew them for them due to the rapid evolution of fashion.

March is celebrated annually as National Reading Month. Read Across America Day is celebrated on March 2, which is also the birthday of Dr. Seuss, one of the most beloved children's book authors of all time.

Walter is a male name with Germanic roots. This name is associated with sensibility and dignity due to the numerous Walters who exemplified these traits over the centuries.

There is evidence that early human settlements were prevalent in Myanmar as early as the Stone Age (9000 B.C. ), the Bronze Age (1500 B.C. ), and the Iron Age (500 B.C. ).

During the Texas Revolution, a congress of Texians and Tejanos convened at Washington-on-the-Brazos and declared Texas' independence from Mexico, after which they became known as Texans.