United States patent number 6,469 is for "buoying vessels over shoals." Granted on May 22, 1849, the concept involves equipping large boats with "india-rubber cloth, or another suitable waterproof ...

From booing Canadians to cheering NASCAR fans, Americans and others in the world have a love-it-or-hate-it relationship with American politics.

Lincoln was sailing up the Great Lakes on his way home from Congress in 1848 when he witnessed another steamer that was aground. The scene led Lincoln to develop an invention to float ships off shoals ...

Abraham Lincoln loved to eat—and he also wasn’t afraid to throw on an apron and cook. Here are a few of the foods he enjoyed ...