September 10, 2015 0 You Can’t Win if You Don’t Pay The headline above is a slogan used by a number of different state-run lotteries in the United States. It’s [...]
September 9, 2015 0 The Made-Up Malady to Get Women Off of Bicycles “Don’t scream if you meet a cow. If she sees you first, she will run.” “Don’t undertake a long ride [...]
September 8, 2015 0 When Minneapolis and St. Paul Battled over Population Minneapolis and St. Paul, respectively, are the largest city and capital of the state of Minnesota. Together, [...]
September 4, 2015 0 The Weekender: September 4, 2015 1) “The Ketamine Connection” (BBC News, 28 minutes plus videos, July 2015). The subhead: [...]
September 3, 2015 0 Guest Post: How a Vice President Changed the English Language This is a guest post by Liesl Johnson, as part of Now I Know’s Patreon program. For more information [...]
September 3, 2015 0 Switzerland’s Kind of Gross, Incredibly Effective Anti-Rabies Weapon The idiom “like the fox guarding the hen house” is meant as a warning — foxes eat hens, so putting [...]
September 2, 2015 0 Why Reusable Bags Often Have Cookies Inside Pictured above is a reusable shopping bag, typically made of canvas or other durable material and designed [...]
September 1, 2015 0 Where Old English Cats Go to Retire Typically, when a cat owner dies and leaves a pet behind, there’s someone willing to adopt the [...]
August 31, 2015 0 How Smoking Gave PEZ a Boost At first glance, the image above — from a 1950s advertisement — is probably related to smoking. [...]
August 26, 2015 0 Making Sense of Dollar Signs $ That’s a dollar sign. You probably knew that.It’s also an S with a vertical line through it. You [...]