MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Who invented the pizza box?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Who invented the pizza box?

New Haven is considered by many as the birthplace of American pizza. Back in the early 20th century pizza was always delivered. It started to become really popular in the 1910s. People would buy it on the street and deliver it to factories and famer’s markets. Frank Pepe in New Haven is credited as the…

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: A world record that may never be broken again

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: A world record that may never be broken again

I love a good Guinness World Record story and this one is a doozy. Four siblings who live in the midwest just broke the record for highest combined age. Their ages are between 93 the youngest, all the way to 100 which is the oldest. All are still alive making their combined age a record…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Who took the first selfie?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Who took the first selfie?

Selfies have become such a huge part of our culture since the invention of smart phones but who took the first one?! A lot of people say Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian… when it fact it was someone WAY before those two were even born. Back in 1839 there was a guy in Philadelphia named…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What on earth is an Ice Box Cake?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What on earth is an Ice Box Cake?

The results are in and Connecticut’s favorite dessert is… Ice Box Cake. Wait, what now? That’s right, one of those wacky Google search articles came out about each state’s favorite dessert. Obviously Ice Cream, Jell-O, and cake were all big winners. But then I got down to Connecticut and saw that ours was “Ice Box…

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Scary trip to get donut has happy ending

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: Scary trip to get donut has happy ending

This story could have had a tragic ending, but thanks to one super hero Dad it was all smiles in the end. A dad and his son were at a local donut shop in Aurora, Colorado on their weekly trip to get a weekend donut when a car crashed through the front of the store. …