January 23, 2026 0 The Joy of Discovery Hi! On Tuesday, I shared a story about a quirk of geography — and the emails I received in response were [...]
January 22, 2026 0 Why Does Toothpaste Make Orange Juice Taste So Awful? Dental care is an important part of maintaining your health. So hopefully, brushing your teeth is part of [...]
January 20, 2026 0 The Panhandle That Failed You probably can’t find the African country of Namibia on an unlabeled map. (If you can’t, don’t feel [...]
January 16, 2026 0 Book Recommendations, Please! Hi! Over the holidays, I finally got around to reading Project Hail Mary — and I loved it. I read a lot, [...]
January 15, 2026 0 The Meal That Makes You See Tiny People? A good meal can be a revelatory experience, transcending your sense of taste and becoming something [...]
January 13, 2026 0 Not The Frisco Kids Promontory, Utah, is an unincorporated area about an hour’s drive north of Salt Lake City (Here’s a map.) [...]
January 12, 2026 0 The Teen Who Biked Home for Fried Chicken January 6, 1954, started like any other day for the Shuey family, then living in Washington, DC. Their son, [...]
January 9, 2026 0 Introducing My Second Newsletter Hi! I hope your 2026 is starting off well. January is a time for new things, and that applies to me this [...]
January 8, 2026 0 The $3 Grocery Bag That Became a Global Status Symbol If you’re going out for a while, you may want to bring a bag with you — it can carry your stuff even if [...]
January 6, 2026 0 The Case of the Missing Milk Communal refrigerators — the one in your workplace, for example — suffer from a specific, and gross [...]