Our solar system is made up of a lot of things. The biggest thing is the sun, of course which makes up the vast majority of the solar system’s mass.  Then, of course, there are planets, which come in various sizes, and many of them have moons of various sizes.  However, that isn’t everything. There are other things in the solar system, things that amount to debris between the much bigger objects.  Learn more about asteroids, how they were discovered, and how they might serve humanity’s future on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look f ..read more

Starting in the year 1096, the Christian kingdoms of the Latin Church united to retake religious sites in the Holy Land. This war was known as a crusade. This was just the first in a series of nine official and several other unofficial crusades over a span of 200 years.  These crusades impacted the kingdoms that took park, the Eastern and Western Christian churches, and relations between Christians, Muslims, and Jews in some ways that can still be felt today. Learn more about the Crusades, the reason for them, and how they affected the world on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily ..read more

Adolf Hitler single-handedly started the Second World War in Europe.  While the Allies were desperately trying to end the Third Reich and Hitler personally, they weren’t the only ones trying to bring Hilter’s reign to an end. Inside Nazi Germany, a small but committed group sought to remove Hitler from power, and they took action in July 1944. Learn more about Operation Valkyrie and the plot to assassinate Hitler on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond at your local store. Find out more at  ..read more

By the early 19th century, the United States and Great Britain had already fought two wars with each other.  Those two wars were not enough to resolve all of the territorial and border disputes between them.  There was one massive open question that remained between the two countries. A large swath of land in the Pacific Northwest that both countries claimed and were ready to go to war over.  Learn more about the Oregon Boundry Dispute and how it almost led to war on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bo ..read more

In 259 BC, a boy named Ying Zheng was born in the state of Qin in modern-day China.  He was born into the royal family of the kingdom and ascended to the throne at the age of 13.  For most people, becoming king would be the pinnacle of their achievements. However, this was not to be the case with the King of Chin. He would go on to achieve a status that there wasn’t even a word for. Learn more about Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China, his life, and his legacy on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bottl ..read more

In the 19th century, New York City was one of the fastest-growing cities in the world.  However, it was still a very young city, and as such, the city’s leaders were able to take a step back and plan what exactly they wanted to future of the city to be.  What they decided was that the city needed a park. Not just any park, but a great park that took up an enormous part of Manhattan Island.  Learn more about Central Park and how it became one of the world’s greatest parks on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven ..read more

Almost as soon as Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier in 1947, people began thinking of ways to transport passengers at supersonic speeds.  However, the challenges in creating a passenger aircraft that could travel at supersonic speeds were much greater than making a fighter aircraft that could do the same.  In 1976, a British/French consortium launched the inaugural flight of the most successful supersonic passenger aircraft in history.  Learn more about the Concorde on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hil ..read more

Today in Western Europe, there is a line that divides speakers of Germanic languages and speakers of Romance languages. While that line has shifted over time, its existence can be traced back to a battle that took place over 2000 years ago.  That battle rocked the Roman Empire to its core, and finally set limits for how big the empire could grow.  Learn more about the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest and how its impact can still be seen today, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond at your local ..read more

The universe is big. Really, really big. So big that it is hard to intuitively grasp its size because we have nothing in our lives that we could compare it to.  Not only is the university big, but within it are things that really big as well.  The discovery of these big things have been some of the biggest discoveries in the history of science, and the discoveries will probably keep continuing into the future.  Learn more about the largest known things in the universe on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Available nationally, look for a bottle of Heaven Hil ..read more

The English language has evolved organically, gathering words and phrases from different languages, countries, and communities.  It should come as no surprise that many of the words in English have come from the military. For centuries, soldiers have developed their own way of speaking and created words to describe their unique circumstances.  Some of those words and phrases have managed to make it into the wider language, even if the meaning sometimes changes.  Learn more about the English words and phrases with military origins on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.&n ..read more