She was an invalid during the years it took her to write "Black Beauty"
When cocci live in pairs, they're called diplococci; in clusters, staphylococci; in chains, this
Dr. Seuss' Bartholomew Cubbins finds that every time he removes one of these, another appears
After this waterway opened in 1825, freight rates between Buffalo & NYC were cut by more than 90%
A series of dreams he had about lions helped inspire his Narnia books
In December 1952, this president-elect visited the front lines during the Korean War
Not only could this nursery rhyme character "eat no fat", he had a cat with only one hair
A chimichanga is one of these Mexican food items that's been fried, filling & all
Roman emperor, 117-138, he built walls in Germany as well as in Britain
This man who bought Manhattan from the Indians later served as governor of New Sweden