May 9, 2022 0 The €222 Million Nap It’s Monday morning, at least here in the greater New York City area, and you’re probably reading [...]
May 6, 2022 0 The “Named For a Person” Challenge or Something? Hi! Today’s title isn’t all that great. So let me explain! Yesterday, on my Twitter [...]
May 5, 2022 0 The Figuratively-Easter, Literally-Egg Easter Egg In the late 1400s, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain established the Tribunal of the Holy Office of [...]
May 4, 2022 0 Why the Michelin Man is White (and Maybe an Alcoholic) The character pictured above is commonly known as the Michelin Man. He’s the mascot for Michelin, the [...]
May 2, 2022 0 Polly’s Neighbor Want a Walnut? As anyone who has ever watched one of the many television shows or documentaries about wild animals will tell [...]
April 29, 2022 0 The Now I Know Weekender, April 29, 2022 Hi! I actually don’t have much to talk about today — my house is still fighting a cold (and [...]
April 27, 2022 0 The Mystery of the Missing Internet, Rural Wales Edition Pictured above, nestled in all that greenery, is Aberhosan, a tiny village of 400 or so people in the [...]
April 26, 2022 0 Why Nearly Ten Minutes of Silence Was Once Worth 99 Cents On August 10, 2017, Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee — with an assist from Justin Bieber — were [...]
April 22, 2022 0 The (Non-)Trivia I Got Wrong But I Don’t Feel Bad About Hi! Sometimes I get things wrong — nobody’s perfect! But I try to make up for that by citing to [...]
April 21, 2022 0 The Moon Over the Rhine Pictured above is a map of Bonn, a city in Germany that served as West Germany’s capital until the [...]