MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where did the phrase “read the tea leaves” come from?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where did the phrase “read the tea leaves” come from?

I caught myself saying this the other day and thought it would be a good mystery for today. “Read the tea leaves” means to use signs or signals to predict something that’s going to happen in the near future. It all started with the fortune telling community. Fortune tellers would use actual tea leave patterns…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What is the Karma Line and why is it called that?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What is the Karma Line and why is it called that?

Unless you’ve been living under a cardboard Amazon package lately you probably saw that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos successfully traveled to space and back this morning in just 11 minutes. He brought his brother and two others with him as they became the first human civilians to actually get into outer space by crossing the…

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! This is the number 1 word dogs like hearing the most

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! This is the number 1 word dogs like hearing the most

All this week I have tickets to see Harry Styles for his newly added second show at Mohegan Sun Arena on October 21st. Tickets go on sale this Friday 7/23 at ticketmaster.com. Or you can try to win them before that every afternoon at 4pm by playing I Should Have Known That! Here’s today’s question…

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: LEGO is turning plastic bottles into new LEGO bricks

tell me something good

Talk about some clever innovation. LEGO who are a company based right here in Connecticut have come up with a new way of creating new LEGO bricks from recycled plastic bottles. It was not an easy task to say the least. They’ve actually spent THREE years trying all different variations and combos of recycled material…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where did Eggo get the name for their Eggo Waffles?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where did Eggo get the name for their Eggo Waffles?

Frozen waffles are one of the better breakfast creations in recent history. The most popular brand being Eggo. But how did they come up with that wacky name? When Eggos first launched in stores they weren’t even called Eggo. They had a totally different name that was actually kinda awesome. They were called “Froffles” which…