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There’s a Day for everything. March 14th is, of course, Pi Day. On December 13th, we apparently celebrate [...]

1) “My Grandfather Thought He Solved a Cosmic Mystery” (The Atlantic, 18 minutes, November 2018). [...]

In 1984, a guy named Charlie Schmidt took his cat named Fatso, dressed her up in a blue shirt, placed her in [...]

On October 31, 1983, advice columnist Abigail Van Buren—better known as “Dear Abby”—published a [...]

Pictured above is a letter — and it’s a rather generic one at that. It has an address, a return [...]

The Bengal tiger, above, is the national animal of both India and Bangladesh. And if you walk around [...]

1) “How I Accidentally Wound Up Running an Outlaw Biker Gang in Ohio” (Medium, 23 minutes, [...]

Last night, a multi-state American lottery called Mega Millions held a drawing that captured the attention of [...]

On January 20, 2001, George W. Bush — known colloquially as simply “W” or “Dubya” — was [...]

There’s a good chance you’re reading these words on a mobile device such as a smartphone. If that’s the [...]