I figured with our Food Drive happening today at Big Y in Milford I would make today’s mystery Food Drive related. I was wondering this all morning while I was there… where did the name come from? Big Y? Luckily I got the answer. Big Y stores were founded in 1936 by two brother, Paul…
I can’t remember the last time I used a payphone, but they do still exist it seems. Ever since the inventions of cell phones and smartphones people have stopped looking for coins to call someone. There are currently about 100,000 useable payphones left in the U.S., One fifth of them are located in New York.…
When the pandemic started in 2020 we all stopped shaking hands for a while. But I feel like hand shaking is coming back now. Why did we start shaking hands in the first place? Way back in times of war and battle it was originally to show that you were unarmed. It to show you…
Freelancer is a popular job nowadays. But where did the term come from in the first place? It goes back to the early 1800s in medieval times. a Freelancer was originally a title given to a self-employed, sword-wielding mercenaries… “free” “lancers”. They would often be hired to fight or protect someone who paid them the…
Today is Veteran’s Day. Thank you to all the men and women who have served for our great country. Veteran’s Day is always on the 11th for a good reason. The date marks the anniversary of the formal agreement that officially ended World War One back on November 11th, 1918.
Dalmatians have become such an iconic part of a firehouse. Right up there with the pole they slide down, the fire truck, and their yellow and black uniforms. But out of all the dog breeds why Dalmatians? The Dalmatian tradition in firehouses started more than a century ago. These days they mainly are there to…
The first thought when it comes to ice cream is that it will cool you down since it’s cold. Which might be the case when you first eat it because of the temperature of the ice cream, but as you start to digest it actually warms up your body. You feel warm because your body…
These are the things you don’t always think about on a daily basis. Like how much can a big whale eat in a day? Has to be a lot right? Right. This story has been shared everywhere this week, about how the biggest whales in the world eat about three times more than we originally…
This might be the most random mystery I’ve done yet. What is the correct plural word for octopus? Technically the term is “octopodes,”. More common in everyday conversation are obviously octopuses and octopi. But I like octopodes. It has a great ring to it.
If you have toddlers in the house you’ve probably seen a countless number of Sesame Street episodes. But where did the name come from? It’s pretty simple actually. After searching for a catchy name for the show one of the writers in the show’s writer’s room suggested “Sesame” based on the famous saying “Open, Sesame!”…