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September 24, 2024 0 A Neat Way to Find the Faker at Your Dinner Table Imagine the following: You and your family are out to dinner at a restaurant — not a big chain, but one [...]
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September 20, 2024 0 Let’s Set a World Record Hi! If you’ve been reading Now I Know for more than, say, a day or two, you know that I typically share [...]
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September 17, 2024 0 Why Is This Football Player Sitting in the Stands? Go to any sporting event and you’ll see something which, in any other context, may be weird: customers are [...]
September 16, 2024 0 The Unlikeliest of Beer Runs On March 8, 1965, 3,500 United States Marines entered South Vietnam, becoming the first American combat [...]
September 13, 2024 0 What To Do At 45 Years Old (a PSA) Hi! Last year, I turned 46, so the title isn’t quite accurate. At age 45, if you’re at an average risk [...]
September 12, 2024 0 A Different Type of Mug Shot Collettesville, North Carolina is a small, unincorporated town in the northwesterniish part of the state. [...]
September 10, 2024 0 When the Government Makes You Buy Gas Climate change is a major topic of discussion around the world. Around the world, societies are looking for [...]