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June 1, 2020 0

If you were alive during World War II, you were probably getting a lot of your news from the daily newspaper. [...]

May 29, 2020 0

Hi! I’m about a month away from Now I Know’s tenth (!) anniversary, so I’ve been [...]

May 28, 2020 0

It’s thankfully somewhat less commonly used today, but the term “spinster” isn’t a [...]

May 26, 2020 0

Summer has, unofficially, arrived here in the United States, and as a result, there are more opportunities to [...]

May 22, 2020 0

Hi! As long-time Now I Know readers know, for the last year or so, I’ve used the Friday [...]

May 21, 2020 0

War is expensive. That’s not the top reason for avoiding war — death and destruction rank higher, [...]

May 19, 2020 0

Pictured below is a powered version of an organic compound. Wikipedia describes it as “white, [...]

May 18, 2020 0

The Olympic Games are, at their best, a chance for the world to come together as one. Nations put aside their [...]

May 15, 2020 0

Hi! I don’t have a ton to share today, but I wanted to make sure I publicly shared two groups of [...]

May 14, 2020 0

From the 1970s and into the 1990s, Kmart was a retail behemoth in the United States. Half department store, [...]