Month: November 2016

  • The Dakotas: Six Things You Probably Didn’t Know

    On this date in 1889, North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states in the US. Here are six things you may not have known about the Dakotas. The states were admitted at the same time, but because North Dakota comes before South Dakota in the alphabet, North Dakota is considered the…

  • Movie Ratings: ‘X’ Marks the What?

    On this date in 1968, the Motion Picture Association of America introduced its first rating system. Here are 10 things you may not have known about movie ratings. The rating system replaced what was popularly known as the Hays Code, which was a moral code established in 1922 to avoid government censorship. The Hays Code…