The following contains links to various articles that address historical facts, some of which are related to financial planning.

• False alarm about Social Security? (depends on the annual growth rate)
• Inflation under suspicion
• Can your vote really make a difference?
• How we fold the U.S. flag and what each fold means
• Interesting historical comparison of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
• Facts about life in the 1500s and how it derived some customs and sayings that still exist today
• A comparison of losses in Iraq with those of other wars
• History of Credit
• What is one billion?
• Interesting facts about Presidents - especially #11 (a President you haven't heard of) and #11a (there were seven presidents before George Washington)