American 50-star flag

The American 50-star flag was designed by 17-year-old student Robert G. Heft in 1958. Heft did the flag as a high school class project and originally received a B-. After discussing the grade with his high school teacher, Stanley Pratt. It was agreed that if the flag was accepted by the United States Congress, the grade would be reconsidered. Heft's flag was chosen and his teacher honored their agreement by changing his grade to an A for the project.

Breakfast word origin

Breakfast means to break the fasting period observed through the previous night (after dinner, a person doesn't have any food till the next morning, as that is considered a period of fasting, the next meal which is in the morning is literally breaking the fast). It was not until the 15th century that the term “breakfast” came into use in written English to describe a morning meal.

Phoenix

The phoenix is a mythical sacred firebird that can be found in the mythologies of the Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Chinese and Phoenicians. It has a 500 to 1000 year life-cycle, near the end of which it builds itself a nest of twigs that then ignites. Both nest and bird burn fiercely and are reduced to ashes, from which a new, young phoenix or phoenix egg arises. The new bird is destined to live as long as its old self.

Thor Heyerdahl

Thor Heyerdahl was a Norwegian ethnographer and adventurer. He became notable for his Kon-Tiki expedition in 1947, in which he sailed 8,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean in a self-built raft constructed from balsa wood and other native materials. The raft was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name.