October 19, 2022 0 The 21-Year-Old Irish Woman That Saved D-Day On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed in Normandy, France, as what is now known as the D-Day invasion of [...]
October 18, 2022 0 The Odd History (Perhaps?) of the Malaysian National Anthem On August 31, 1957, Malaysia became a sovereign nation, securing its independence from the United Kingdom. [...]
October 17, 2022 0 The Unheard Words of the Star Trek Theme Song Star Trek, the original series, ran from September 8, 1966, to June 3, 1969, with fans treated to a [...]
October 14, 2022 0 I Read Over 500 of Your Emails This Week Hi! If you’ve been reading Now I Know for a while now, you know that I welcome comments via [...]
October 12, 2022 0 The Lady Who Made a Living By Smashing Booze Carrie Moore was born in 1846, the daughter of a Kentucky farmer. Her family moved around a lot during the [...]
October 11, 2022 0 The Marketing Stunt That Vacuumed Up a Whole Company In November of 1992, Dave Dixon, a horse trainer from Workington, England bought a washing machine [...]
October 10, 2022 0 We Are All Invisible Pinocchios Depicted above is Pinocchio, in this case, from the 1940 Disney movie. Pinocchio, if you’re somehow not [...]
October 7, 2022 0 The Other Projects On My Mind Hi! I’m thinking about creating a second newsletter. Or something. I don’t really know what [...]
October 4, 2022 0 Why Thomas Jefferson Was Obsessed With Moose If you were alive during the American founding, you’d be pretty old by now and probably warrant a Now I [...]
October 3, 2022 0 The Intentionally Bad Song That Accidentally Worked Picutred above, as stated by their shoes, are the Bay City Rollers. The band was a trendy teen idol band in [...]