The world’s oldest restaurants (and their online reviews)
The restaurant business is notoriously tough. According to MenuTiger, 80 percent of restaurants fail within five years, and most of those failures occur…
Category: General Interest
Why does that candidate want your puny dollar?
At every dramatic turn during this presidential election cycle, you may have received floods of text and email messages asking you to chip in $3 here or…
In Japan, a backpack is not just a backpack
Japanese elementary school students aren’t required to carry the randoseru — a boxy flap-closure backpack that can nearly swallow the slight frames of…
New database boosts African-American genealogy research
Researching genealogy of African-American families can be tricky once you trace the line to enslaved ancestors, but a new database of records may help the…
See the stars at these events in August
Although people live their whole lives under the sky, they may never truly see the glory of the Milky Way, and it’s all because of light pollution. You…
Houseplants that pop
Are you looking for a quick way to add some life and color to your space? There are more than 10,000 species of houseplants available commercially today,…
WWII letters delivered at last
About 80 years ago a World War II serviceman named Marion Lamb was regularly writing home to Jacksonville, Arkansas. In 2024 some of those letters were…
Pirate became prince in the world’s tiniest nation
At first, he just wanted to be a pirate — a radio pirate, not a sailing one — but the UK government messed with him and he went full royalty. It all…
The fastest language
If you have ever heard people speaking in a language you don’t know, you probably thought they talk very fast. And they probably think the same thing…
New predator stalks runways
Alaska is getting a new predator with some amazing skills. You might think the land of moose and bear has plenty of amazing predators already, but this…