August 20, 2019 0 Why We Pour Milk on our Cereal If you’re eating breakfast, there’s a good chance you’re eating cereal and milk, particularly if [...]
August 19, 2019 0 Denim Dresses Were The Old Black On Wednesday, November 9, 1938, a purse-snatching victim named Helen Hulick came to court, expecting to be [...]
August 16, 2019 0 The Weekender, August 16, 2019 1) “Secrets and Lies in the School Cafeteria” (The Atlantic, 19 minutes, September 2019). The [...]
August 14, 2019 0 The Easter Egg Hunt That Caught a Bad Egg On Good Friday, 2016, about a half-dozen children in the small English village of Capel, Surrey, were in a [...]
August 13, 2019 0 What Are All Those Dots On My Car’s Windshield? Next time you’re in your car, take a look at your windshield. And no, I don’t mean through your [...]
August 12, 2019 0 Why Capital Letters are Called “Upper Case” The first word of this sentence is a little different than the rest — it begins with a capital letter. [...]
August 9, 2019 0 The Weekender, August 9, 2019 1) “The Snakes That Ate Florida” (Smithsonian, 28 minutes, July 2019). An invasive species is [...]
August 7, 2019 0 Why You Shouldn’t Discount Discounts When you buy something, you typically prefer to do so at the lowest price possible. As a result, you may be [...]
August 6, 2019 0 Why Those Two Little Black Bumps Are In The Road You’re driving around on a relatively well-paved road. The road has a double-yellow line, suggesting [...]
August 2, 2019 0 The Weekender, August 2, 2019 1) “How Not to Get Away With Murder” (D Magazine, 25 minutes, December 2014). I forgot how I [...]