When Slap Bracelets Took the 90s by Storm
As a girl who spend the 90s in school, I have fond, nostalgia tinged memories of slap bracelets. They were these pieces of flat metal (?) covered in poorly constructed cloth, and when you “slapped” them against your wrist they curled up like a bracelet. And yes, sometimes the metal broke through the material and...
How Central Park Lamp Posts Can Guide You Safely Home
In really cool news, there’s always something new and interesting to learn about New York City! In this case it’s that all 1600 cast iron lamp posts in the park are there to help you find your way should you get lost. And let me be the one to tell you that even seasoned New...
5 (Other) Times the Olympics Have Been Canceled or Postponed
The 2020 Tokyo Olympics have officially been postponed until summer 2021, and even though everyone – athletes and the pubic alike – is disappointed, it seems like it was the best decision for the times. Since the Olympics began in 1896, they’ve only been postponed or canceled a handful of times – which means what’s...
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That One Time a Door-To-Door Catnip Salesman Was Arrested for Inciting a Crowd in NYC
History is super fun, y’all, and I maintain that if you don’t agree it’s just because you haven’t been told the right stories. Stories like this one, about a man who sold catnip door-to-door and made unintentional friends with every feline within a ten-block radius (maybe more) and earning an arrest for inciting a (cat)...
The Most Accurate English Speakers Can Pronounce Every Word in This Poem From the 1920s
English is a super hard language to master – whether it’s your native tongue or a second (or third) language, chances are you still make plenty of mistakes. We don’t remember everything from school, all of the rules and the ways it breaks those rules, and of course, there are regional quirks that make our...
14 Historical Incidents You Might Not Have Been Taught About In School
The whole of human history is too much for any one person to memorize or learn, and most of us only get to study it for a handful of semesters out of our entire academic careers. It’s understandable that we won’t have time to learn everything, but some things seem as if they might have...