Monthly Archives: April 2026
TRIVIA TRAIL: BOY HERO CRISTIAN MARIAN BECHEANU
Question: In April, 2013, a fourteen-year-old boy named Cristian Marian Becheanu rescued a three-year-old boy named Gabriel Ruiu from a well in Segarcea, Romania. What field of work is Cristian in now that he’s an adult with children of his own? Answer: The rescue that garnered him so much attention wasn’t his first. A few […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: HOCKEY PUCKS
Question: Ice hockey pucks are now made of vulcanized rubber, but what were they made of at the time of the first organized game to be played in Canada? Answer: Wood.
HISTORIC ESCAPE: NORWEGIAN ROYAL FAMILY
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HISTORIC HEROIC STAND: HUGH THOMPSON JUNIOR.
Almost sixty years ago, on March 16th, 1968, a massacre took place in Vietnam. A civilian massacre carried out by American soldiers. But despite orders to kill all the people in the village of Mỹ Lai, some under those orders had the moral courage to refuse and did not take part in the slaughter of […]
GOOD FRIDAY 2026
Have a blessèd”Good Friday.