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03/02/2018

Ketchup was used as a medicine back in the 1930’s.

02/16/2018

Popcorn can pop up to 3 feet into the air.

02/02/2018

Happy Groundhog Day !!

Pennsylvania's most famous groundhog was back in the spotlight, and he says you should keep your winter coat handy.

01/26/2018

Is a strawberry a berry?

A strawberry is not an actual berry, but a banana is. By technical definition, a berry is a fleshy fruit produced from a single seed. The strawberry, however has its dry, yellow "seeds" on the outside (each of which is actually considered a separate fruit).

01/19/2018

The tallest man in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence is Robert Pershing Wadlow (born in Alton, Illinois, USA on 22 February 1918), who when last measured on 27 June 1940, was found to be 8 ft 11 in tall.

01/12/2018

In lieu of a today I would like to share some of the tributes that have been shared about Thomas S. Monson.

Representatives of government, civic organizations, religious groups, and others have paid tribute to President Thomas S. Monson on the occasion of his passing on Tuesday, January 2, 2018.

01/05/2018

January is named after the Roman god Janus, who was always shown as having two heads. He looked back to the last year and forward to the new one.

12/15/2017

Movie trailers were originally shown after the movie, which is why they were called “trailers”.

12/08/2017

The Chinese plum is one of the very few plants that bloom in the winter. It is one of the most beloved blossoms in Chinese art and poetry. Because its fragrance can be noticed even in the winter, it came to symbolize hope, perseverance, beauty, and purity

11/14/2017

Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from Public Libraries.

11/03/2017

Don't forget about Daylight Savings on November 5, 2017...

As the clocks fall back in the U.S., ponder the odd history of this biannual time warp.

10/27/2017

Even though baseball had been playing night games since the 1930s it wasn’t until 1971 that the World Series had a game at night. Baseball realized in 1971 that most people were watching the World Series on TV, but it’s hard to watch TV at school or work. That first night game – played by the Pittsburgh Pirates against the Baltimore Orioles – was so popular that by 1973 all World Series weekday games were played at night.