The Pilgrims Weren’t the First Ones Here

People think that the first Europeans who came by ship in 1620 to the US were the landing of the pilgrims at Plymouth Rock, MA.

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In reality, Spanish explorers had already been in the Southwest for a century, and in 1610 they started building the ‘Palace of the Governors’ in Santa Fe.

The Same Year The United States Drove A Buggy On The Moon…

In 1971, the year that NASA landed on the moon and drove a buggy on it was the same year that Swiss women finally got the right to vote. Switzerland, one of the most progressive nations in the world, took a while to gain equality.

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Women weren’t granted the right to vote until 1971, which was 65 years after Finland. Finland was the first European country to give women the right to vote.

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