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Hi!  Every so often, I come across a really great fun fact that I hope to share, but as I research it a [...]

May 17, 1954, was a bright moment in American history. By unanimous vote, the Supreme Court ruled that [...]

We probably think of cherries as berries, but they’re not — they’re drupes, or stone fruits, and [...]

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

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

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

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

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