Hannibal Barca was one of the greatest generals of the ancient world and commanded Carthage during the famous Second Punic War against Rome, a conflict that lasted from 218 to 201 BC and nearly brought the powerful Roman Republic to collapse. Hannibal is most famous for leading an army, including war elephants, across the Alps…
Our Visit To Blue Bicycle Books (Charleston, SC)
After visiting the Children’s Museum of the Lowcountry, we started walking downtown to our next major destination and stumbled upon Blue Bicycle Books. Even though I’m a writer (check out War of The Wolf: The Complete Trilogy under Adam America), my wife is way more of a reader than I am. Part of that is…
Fun Facts and Trivia About The American Fifty Dollar Bill
The $50 bill features Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, on the front and the U.S. Capitol on the back. All modern $50 bills are Federal Reserve Notes, meaning they are issued by the U.S. central banking system rather than the Treasury directly. The average life of a $50 bill in…
Things I Like: Starro (DCEU)
Starro is technically the main villain of James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad in the DCEU, and a surprise antagonist I really did not see coming. A giant killer Patrick Star from outer space? Nobody predicted that, which is one of the great things about the movie. It is very hard to guess where the story…
Fun Facts and Trivia About One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961 Film)
The 1961 Disney animated film One Hundred and One Dalmatians was based on the 1956 children’s novel The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith. It follows two London dogs, Pongo and Perdita, who rescue not just their kidnapped puppies but dozens of other Dalmatian pups, bringing the total number of dogs in the story…