January 25, 2024 0 How the Cold War Brought Us Closer to a Galaxy Far, Far Away From the end of World War II until its dissolution in 1990, Czechoslovakia was a perilous place to be, at [...]
January 24, 2024 0 The Jail With a Built-in Breakout Plan El Cajon is a city in San Diego County, California, about a 20-minute drive from San Diego proper. [...]
January 19, 2024 0 A Tale of Two (Email) Cities Hi! This has been a unique week for Now I Know — chaotic, at times stressful, but ultimately, going in the [...]
January 17, 2024 0 The Pregnant Platypus With a Secret Tuesday, January 4, 1944, was a momentous day in world history — well, if your world centers around the [...]
January 16, 2024 0 The Great Now I Know Transition of 2024 Hi! Today’s Now I Know is a lot different than the rest. I was planning on telling you this on Friday [...]
January 12, 2024 0 A Moment of Rediscovery Hi! Last week, I said I had some news about a change I’m making to the newsletter and I’d share [...]
January 11, 2024 0 The Glitch That Made Stealing Cars Fun There are a lot of famous video game franchises out there — the whole Super Mario universe, everything [...]
January 9, 2024 0 The Problem with Free Pizza In the mid-1990s, OreIda — the company best known from frozen french fries and tater tots — [...]
January 8, 2024 0 The Restaurant of Mistaken Orders When you go to a restaurant and order yourself some food, you expect to get what you ordered. But, alas, [...]
January 5, 2024 0 Happy New Year! Hi! It’s good to be back in your inboxes after taking the Christmas to New Year’s (plus a day) [...]