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For most of the first half of the 20th century, the Korean peninsula was under Japanese control. When World [...]

Hi! I’m going to get to the Week in Review quickly this week — the newsletter has been rather [...]

On May 6, 1950, then-U.S. President Harry S. Truman signed into law the Uniform Code of Military [...]

Pictured above is Po Ping, the protagonist character of DreamWorks Animation’s 2008 film [...]

The Italian village of Frabosa Sottana is located in the northwestern part of the country, in the [...]

Hi! Long-time readers know that I love puzzles and games. Over the course of Now I Know’s 13+ year [...]

College tuition, at least in the United States, is something that keeps parents of college-aged kids up at [...]

Later this month, children across the United States and beyond will dress up in costumes and go door to door, [...]

In the United States, cable TV news shows, for better or for worse (and let’s face it, it’s more [...]

Hi! Today is Friday the 13th, which is to say, it’s just a regular Friday. But there are plenty of [...]