Articles by Dan Lewis

Tomatoes are a fruit. No, they’re a vegetable. No wait — they’re a fruit. The truth: [...]

In his 1978 album Apostrophe (‘), the late Frank Zappa took to verse to give us a bizarre health [...]

In the 1930s, a certain brand of dinnerware was all the rage — Fiesta ware. Unlike most dishes, which [...]

For centuries, the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Turks were at war. Italy’s present-day Fruili [...]

We all know that the typical human pregnancy lasts just over nine months, or roughly 40 weeks, give or take. [...]

The flower pictured above is called the European Dutchman’s Pipe.  It looks like your typical flower, [...]

Every once in a while, you may look up into the sky and notice that the moon is, relative to its normal size, [...]

    In 1973, a Libyan truck driver, allegedly drunk, got into an accident.  He was driving [...]

In the early 1900s, an epidemic hit the American South. Called pellagra — Italian for “sour [...]

In 1961, the United States undertook a series of unsuccessful campaigns in Cuba, attempting to overthrow [...]