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Most of us are not billionaires, and most of us would probably like to be billionaires. You can buy anything, [...]

Pictured above is a head of iceberg lettuce. It’s a perfectly cromulent lettuce cultivar, and maybe even [...]

Hi! This weekend marks Now I Know’s fifteenth (!!) anniversary. That’s a long time! On June 22, 2010, I [...]

Pictured above is a polar bear. And if you come across one in the wild, you’ll know roughly where you are [...]

If you follow politics (or, more likely, a politics-themed TV sitcom or drama) you’ve probably heard the [...]

Hi! Today is Friday the 13th, and it’s also my half-birthday. The second half of that sentence isn’t [...]

If you’re a fan of golf, the Masters is probably circled on your calendar. Every April, the world’s best [...]

Urination goes by many, many euphemisms. Taking a leak, peeing, tinkling, a number one, pissing, etc. — the [...]

If you’ve been on an airplane recently, you probably know that — even though you’re 30,000 feet above [...]

Spalding, Lincolnshire, is a town of about 30,000 people in the eastern part of England. (Here’s a map.) [...]