MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How do they get the red pimentos into olives?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: How do they get the red pimentos into olives?

Olives are usually a love or hate type of food. I happen to LOVE them. Especially the green kind. But I’ve always wondered how they get that red pimento in there? Up until the 1960s the pimentos were actually stuffed into the olives by hand! Crazy right? Now technology has improved so much that there…

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT!

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT!

All this week I have tickets to see Lady A at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford on Friday, September 16! Play every day at 4pm to win. Would you have got today’s question? Q:  Coworkers who do this are less likely to be team players? A: Wear fancy clothes. Photo credit: Getty Images

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Do we really need 8 hours of sleep?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Do we really need 8 hours of sleep?

You’ve heard this all your life. “get your 8 hours!” “did you get 8 hours?” “make sure you get 8 if you want to be rested”. but is that true? Almost. A group of researchers have recently found that to get the PERFECT amount of sleep anyone between the ages of 38-73 should sleep for…

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: College Students always have the best random ideas

TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD: College Students always have the best random ideas

Ah yes, to be in college again coming up with fun creative ways to spend your free time on campus. Like breaking world records. A group of students at Georgia Tech are currently in the process of trying to create the world’s largest hop scotch course. They’ve made it 4.2 miles long stretching all the…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where did they come up with the name taxi?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Where did they come up with the name taxi?

Well before Uber and Lyft were invented we all had this thought cross our minds while riding in a taxi before right? Where did that word even come from? The word “taxi” is actually just a shortened nickname of the meter that’s in every cab which tells you the fare… it’s called a “taximeter”. So…

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! 1 out of 10 Americans say they Google this every day

I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT! 1 out of 10 Americans say they Google this every day

All this week I have tickets to see Lady A at the Toyota Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford on Friday, September 16! Play every day at 4pm to win. Would you have got today’s question? Q: 1 out of 10 Americans say they Google this every day. What is it? A: Their name Photo credit: Getty Images