Jellybeans, yogurt, candy, anything that is “banana flavored” for some reason doesn’t taste anything like real bananas. Why? The reason is kind of crazy actually. The artificial banana flavoring used in products is based on a type of banana that was wiped out by a plague in the 1950s. So it literally doesn’t exist anymore.…
All this week I have $100 Stop & Shop gift cards to help you out with grocery shopping. Play every day at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it… Q: This is the top thing we nag the people in our house to do A: Turning off the lights when leaving a…
Since it’s National Pizza Week I’ve been featuring pizza themed stories when I can find them. This guy named Ram Mehta owns two pizza places in north Texas. He also founded a charity called Everyone Eatz (fantastic name) that feeds people who can’t afford to pay for it. He put up a sign on the…
Pencils aren’t used as much these days but if you do use one it will last you a pretty long time. The average pencil holds enough graphite to draw a line about 35 miles long! That’s also enough to write roughly 45,000 words. Writer’s cramp anyone?! Photo credit: Getty Images
All this week I have $100 Stop & Shop gift cards to help you out with grocery shopping. Play every day at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it… Q: 56% of people say the hardest easy food to make is THIS A: Pancakes Photo credit: Getty Images
When is the last time you looked at your quarter when you got change back at the store? Probably been a while right? Soon you might want to pay attention. Here’s why. The late Maya Angelou, writer and civil activist, is about to become the the first Black woman to appear on U.S. currency. The…
Everyone hates flies. They might be the most annoying bug on the planet. There’s even been a whole product line created (fly swatters) to get rid of them. But do they actually have a purpose?! The answer is yes. They do. A big one actually. Tiny flies pollinate cocoa trees. So without flies, there wouldn’t…
All this week I have $100 Stop & Shop gift cards to help you out with grocery shopping. Play every day at 4pm to win. Here’s today’s question if you missed it… Q: Nearly 2/3 of the people in the world have never seen this A: Snow Photo credit: Getty Images
A lot of people take graduating from high school for granted. It’s always good to remember how important that diploma is even if it takes you decades to finally get it. This 98-year-old World War Two vet from Texas named Donald Huisenga just got his high school diploma 80 years after he was supposed to…
We use it all the time. To ship things, wrap valuables in, or just as a fun time waster popping those bubbles… bubble wrap! But who thought of it in the first place? Back in the 50s two engineers were trying to design textured wallpaper so they glued two shower curtains together trapping tiny bubbles…