Couch Potato turns 50 in 2026
“Couch potato” was coined on July 15, 1976, when Tom Iacino, a member of the tongue-in-cheek California group the Boob Tubers, called his friend,…
Month: June 2026
Colin Jost versus the bobsled
Saturday Night Live’s Colin Jost, reporting from the 2026 Winter Olympics for NBC, agreed to ride in a bobsled. It did not go well. “I thought my back was…
Ben Franklin missed the Declaration because of gout
Benjamin Franklin was appointed to the Committee of Five tasked with drafting the Declaration of Independence in June 1776. He barely participated. Laid…
The Declaration’s missing 168 words
In June 1776, Thomas Jefferson included a fiery 168-word passage in his draft of the Declaration of Independence that condemned slavery as “piratical…
From wallpaper cleaner to toy box legend
In the early 1950s, a Cincinnati company called Rainbow Crafts made a compound designed to strip coal soot from wallpaper. It was a grayish, pliable putty…
Your next cereal spoon might be part of breakfast
Imagine finishing your morning cereal — and eating the spoon. That is not a joke, it is where food utensils and packaging are headed, and faster than…
How your dog may be leading the way for lab-grown meat
In February 2025, a British pet food company called Pets at Home began selling dog treats made with chicken that had never come from a chicken. The…