May 15, 2023 0 The Office Cleaner Who Accidentally Became a Russian Mayor As the summer of 2020 came to a close, Nikolai Loktev found himself in an odd position. He was the mayor [...]
May 12, 2023 0 Boldly Going Forward ‘Cause We Can’t Find Reverse Hi! Today’s newsletter isn’t about trivia: it’s about Star Trek. (If you’re not a [...]
May 11, 2023 0 Mr. Never Shower Chances are, you’ve bathed at least four times in the last week — and if you’re in the [...]
May 9, 2023 0 The Customers You Wish You Didn’t Have We’ve all heard stories of products that came out with a bang but flopped. Crystal Pepsi is perhaps the [...]
May 8, 2023 0 The Problem With Sudoku If you’re not familiar with Sudoku, well, you’re probably a new reader of Now I Know — [...]
May 5, 2023 0 The Now I Know Weekender Hi! I typically use this space to share something I’ve been thinking about or to give you an update on [...]
May 4, 2023 0 The Dating Site That Saved a Species? In our modern, digital world, online dating has become a major industry. According to a 2022 study conducted [...]
May 2, 2023 0 The Canada/Philippines Garbage War of 2019 Somewhere near you right now is a garbage can. Maybe it’s in your kitchen, and there’s a lot of food [...]
May 1, 2023 0 The Uprising That Helped Create Washington D.C. The American Revolutionary War, officially, lasted from 1775 until the signing of the Treaty of Paris in [...]
April 28, 2023 0 Neil And Buzz Almost Got Stuck Hi! A few weeks ago — March 29th, I think — I re-shared the story about the Apollo 11 moon [...]