Did you know that 1% of Americans believe the Earth is flat?
Gleason’s New Standard Map of the World. -DID YOU KNOW?- By Tara Yilmaz → Did you know there are people today who think the Earth is...
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Gazette 2.0
- Jul 6
- 3 min
SAY, WHAT? ‘Pirates, Peanuts and Cracker Jacks’
-DID YOU KNOW?- By Tara Yilmaz “Take me out to the ball game. Take me out to the crowd. Pirates and peanuts and Cracker Jacks. I don’t...
Gazette 2.0
- May 26
- 2 min
Memorial Day got its start honoring Civil War fatalities
-DID YOU KNOW?- By Tara Yilmaz → Did you know that Memorial Day was formerly known as Decoration Day? General John A. Logan, leader of...
Gazette 2.0
- Apr 13
- 3 min
Wish your Muslim friends ‘Ramadan Mubarak’ and happy fasting
→ Did you know Ramadan started the evening of April 1 and ends on May 2? Ramadan is the 30-day holiday that is celebrated by Muslims. →...
Gazette 2.0
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Happy Black History Month!
Courtesy of the National Park Service Carter G. Woodson is considered the "Father of Black History Month." -DID YOU KNOW?- By Tara Yilmaz...
Gazette 2.0
- Jan 19
- 3 min
Chinese Lunar New Year: Celebrating the Year of the Tiger
Second graders at Montour made dragon mask art projects while learning about Chinese New Year. -DID YOU KNOW?- By Tara Yilmaz → Did you...
Gazette 2.0
- Jan 5
- 3 min
Celebrating the life and legacy of MLK
→ Did you know that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born Michael King Jr.? His parents named him after his father Rev. Michael King, who...
Gazette 2.0
- Dec 22, 2021
- 2 min
Our new year traditions come from all over the world
→ Did you know that while saying Happy New Year’s might sound correct to a fluent speaker of Pittsburghese, it is not quite right? When...
Gazette 2.0
- Nov 10, 2021
- 4 min
Giblets and gravy: Getting the turkey right this Thanksgiving
-DID YOU KNOW?- By Tara Bailey → Do you know how difficult it can be to cook a turkey? Thanksgiving is around the corner, so if you’ve...
Gazette 2.0
- Oct 27, 2021
- 3 min
Who’s the ghost with the most?Beetlejuice, of course!
-DID YOU KNOW?- By Tara Bailey → Did you know the 1988 comedy-horror film “Beetlejuice” was not originally written about a hilarious and...
Gazette 2.0
- Oct 13, 2021
- 2 min
Zombie filmmaker George Romero cut his teeth in the steel city
→ Did you know legendary zombie filmmaker George A. Romero went to Carnegie Mellon University? Upon graduating in 1961 from the college,...
Gazette 2.0
- Jul 7, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas in July: Steubenville Nutcracker Village pops up at Mall at Robinson
Did you know celebrating Christmas in July did not originate as a marketing tool but as a summer camp activity? The National Recreation...
Gazette 2.0
- Jun 22, 2021
- 2 min
Juneteenth celebration continues throughout city
→ Did you know that Juneteenth may soon become a federal holiday? Congress only approved a bill to make Juneteenth the 12th federal...
Gazette 2.0
- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
'Meet me under the Kaufmann’s Clock'
Courtesy of the Detre Library & Archives at the Heinz History Center The Kaufmann Clock located in downtown Pittsburgh, has been a...
Gazette 2.0
- Apr 14, 2021
- 4 min
Pittsburgh’s food and restaurant scene: Simply excellent
Photo by Lynne Deliman Haluski has been a staple in years past at the St. Mary's Ukrainian Festival in McKees Rocks, such as this one...
Gazette 2.0
- Mar 19, 2021
- 4 min
‘Beware the Ides of March’: Is it a lucky or unlucky date?
By Tara Bailey -Did You Know- → Did you know the Ides of March is on March 15? This historical date will forever be analogous to the...