June 17, 2020 0 How Dead Rabbits and Cocaine Saved Thousands of Lives On the morning of April 9, 1940, the Nazis invaded neighboring Denmark. The subsequent battle was short-lived [...]
June 16, 2020 0 How to Lose the Lottery Without Even Playing For years, state-run lotteries would use the slogan “you can’t win if you don’t [...]
June 15, 2020 0 How to Punch Your Way Out of Prison In general, if you’re in prison, fighting with others is a really easy way to get yourself in further [...]
June 12, 2020 0 The Weekender, June 12, 2020 Hi! As many of you know, in late 2018, I ran a Kickstarter to fund the creation of a Now I Know YouTube [...]
June 11, 2020 0 When You Don’t Believe Your Past Self Think back to a major moment in your life — something which you truly think you remember each and every [...]
June 9, 2020 0 High Altitude Flatus Expulsion The job of a commercial airline is simple: fly people from point A to point B. And when a flight takes off [...]
June 8, 2020 0 It Doesn’t Stand for “Eradicating Dangerous Mosquitoes” EDM stands for “Electronic Dance Music.” You’re probably familiar with it to some degree, [...]
June 5, 2020 0 The Weekender, June 5, 2020 Hi! Every so often, I come across a really great fun fact that I hope to share, but as I research it a [...]
June 3, 2020 0 They Called it “Massive Resistance” May 17, 1954, was a bright moment in American history. By unanimous vote, the Supreme Court ruled that [...]
June 2, 2020 0 Cherries, Helicopters, and Hair Dryers We probably think of cherries as berries, but they’re not — they’re drupes, or stone fruits, and [...]