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“Say cheese.” If you’re posing for a picture in an English-speaking area, you are very [...]

Hi! Earlier this week, a baseball writer I follow on Twitter, Craig Calcaterra, shared a story about [...]

Green iguanas, pictured above, aren’t native to South Florida, but they’ve carved out a home for [...]

Here’s some good news: in the United States, almost all of the children who are reported missing [...]

Hi! A reader wrote in this week to ask why I don’t really use Twitter or Facebook etc. for Now I [...]

The Dutch city of Utrecht is the fourth largest city in the Netherlands by population, after Amsterdam, [...]

With nearly a million residents, Austin is the fourth-largest city in the state of Texas by population. The [...]

There’s a pretty good chance you’re reading this in the bathroom. Don’t feel bad about it [...]

Hi! Last week, I shared four goals I have for the newsletter this year. I missed one. Right now, I have [...]

In the 1990s, Volkswagen — the car company — launched a marketing campaign using a made-up German [...]