Today (2/9) is National Pizza Day! If you know me at all you know as a lover of all things pizza that I’m very excited about this. Today’s mystery is about the actual making of a pizza. Why do the pizza chef’s always toss the dough up in the air? Despite what you might think…
You may have seen this crazy story last week in Milford where two women noticed some quicksand as they were walking on Walnut Beach. That got me thinking, how does quicksand even form? via wikipedia: Quicksand is a colloid consisting of fine granular material (such as sand, silt or clay) and water. Quicksand forms in saturated loose sand…
If you follow where the Super Bowl is always played each year you may have noticed that it’s always the same handful of cities. Miami, New Orleans, LA, this year is Tampa. Notice a trend yet? Turn out the NFL actually has a policy against holding Super Bowl games in stadiums that have a climate…
With the Super Bowl coming up one Sunday there’s one thing I’ve always wondered. Why do they use roman numerals to name each game? So this year is Super bowl LV (55). The Roman numeral system was put into place originally so there would be no confusion about which Super Bowl it was. Because the…
Ah yes, the horrible Grape-Nut cereal shortage of 2021! You may have heard the buzz lately about how you can’t find Grape-Nut cereal anywhere. The company says the product won’t be back on shelves until March 2021. I don’t know about you, but I’ve never actually had Grape-Nuts. I have seen the box sitting next to…
Happy Groundhog Day! America’s weirdest tradition. If you missed it this morning Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, predicting 6 more weeks of winter. Boo. But if you were hoping for an early spring you might still have a chance. Turns out the legendary groundhog who has been forecasting the weather since the first Groundhog Day in…
With this blizzard raging outside I started to wonder how much snow can actually fall in a 24 hour period? We can only go by past storm history so here is the most that’s ever fell, get ready it’s a lot. Back in 1921 Silver Lake, Colorado had an April snow storm that dumped 6…
With the temps being frigid outside lately I figured this would be a good mundane mystery to figure out today. Why do we “shiver” when it’s cold out? Much like a lot of things with the human body, it’s our brains helping to protect us from the elements. Science! When we shiver our body is…
With all the craziness going on in the stock market and on wall street lately (most of which I BARELY understand) I decided to make today’s mystery simple but Wall Street related. Where did the name Wall Street come from originally? Yes, Wall Street is a reference to an actual wall. A wall that was…
Everyone who can drive has encountered a stoplight. But what and who decided that red, green, and yellow should be the colors. Back in the 1830s stoplights first started being used by railroad companies who created the light system to let train engineers know when to stop or go. The different light colors would represent…