May 17, 2024 0 Help Me Decide What to Share Hi! Yesterday, I shared the story of Pia Farrenkopf, a woman in her mid-40s who died very much alone in 2009, [...]
May 16, 2024 0 The Mystery of Pia Farrenkopf In early 2014, the neighbors of Pia Farrenkopf, pictured above, noticed a problem: squirrels. Farrenkopf was [...]
May 14, 2024 0 Gone in Sixty Seconds If you’re going to do the crime, be prepared to do the time. That aphorism (or something like it) is a [...]
May 13, 2024 0 Stars and Stripes and Run For Your Lives In 1896, famed American composer John Philip Sousa penned the song “The Stars and Stripes Forever.” [...]
May 10, 2024 0 Some Fun Old News I Found in Newspaper Clippings Hi! I share about 150 to 200 new stories in Now I Know each year. As you can imagine, sometimes, I have to [...]
May 9, 2024 0 He Eight a Cheeseburger It’s the early evening and the feeling hits you — you’re hungry, and you’re craving something not all [...]
May 8, 2024 0 A Different Type of Buried Treasure Across the centuries, there have been many, many stories of treasure buried throughout the world. The idea, [...]
May 7, 2024 0 The $95,093.35 Fake Check That Became A Big Headache Pictured above (via some website I found) is something that looks like a check for $255,150, but it’s not [...]
May 3, 2024 0 Around the Newsletter Universe (May Edition) Hi! Back in March, I used this space to share a roundup of other email newsletters I think you should try. It [...]
May 2, 2024 0 When It’s Better Not to Share Where Things are Made For more than a century, American manufacturers have added a “Made in the USA” label to their products to [...]