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July 14, 2017 0

1) “We Aren’t the World” (Pacific Standard, 20 minutes, February 2013). Thanks to reader [...]

July 13, 2017 0

In June of 2003, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission opened the doors to the National Do Not Call Registry, a [...]

July 11, 2017 0

In 2011, author Malcolm Gladwell came out with a book titled “Outliers: The Story of Success.” In [...]

July 10, 2017 0

On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy attacked the United States at Pearl Harbor, bringing the U.S. [...]

July 7, 2017 0

1) “The Invention of the Slinky” (Priceonomics, 10 minutes, December 2014). It’s much [...]

July 6, 2017 0

In 1964, the Warner-Lambert Company earned a patent for a brand new product — sugarless chewing gum. [...]

July 5, 2017 0

There are approximately 35,000 police officers in the New York Police Department. These NYPD officers serve [...]

July 4, 2017 0

Yesterday, I shared the following puzzle. Scroll past the Patreon block for the answer! * * * The puzzle, in [...]

July 3, 2017 0

Today’s Now I Know is a little different. As I said at the top of Friday’s Weekender, I’m [...]

June 30, 2017 0

1) “Writer Evan Ratliff Tried to Vanish: Here’s What Happened ” (Wired, 38 minutes, November [...]