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Hi! As noted above, on Fridays, I write the “Now I Know Weekender.” It’s basically just a [...]

Here’s an easy question for you: What language do people in France speak? Really, there’s no trick. The [...]

Cincinnati, Ohio, is a major U.S. city, home to 1.6 million people. Toward the south of the city, not too far [...]

In the late 1800s and into the 20th century, the temperance movement — that is, an organized effort to [...]

Hi! In May of this year, I wrote a story talking about tornados, and in passing, noted that someone hid from [...]

Carrots are good for you. You probably don’t need that established here — they’re [...]

Pictured above is a European toad, a type of frog. As animals go, they’re not terribly special — [...]

In 1812, the lower 48 states — that’s the United States but minus Alaska and Hawaii — were [...]

Hi! If you’ve read Now I Know for, oh, a few months at least, you probably notice that my grammar and [...]

On October 11, 1975, comedian George Carlin came down from the balcony in one of NBC’s studios and made [...]