With this mini heat wave over the weekend I feel like a lot of people got caught off guard and woke up with quite the sunburn today. Anytime you reach for that sunscreen you have to check the SPF. But what does that SPF number actually mean? The SPF number tells you how long the…
We’ve all been nervous in our lives, sometimes to the point that you “get cold feet” and decide not to do something. But how did that saying come to be? It was originally a military term that warriors would use when their feet would get literally frozen into the ground during the winter. It would…
This weekend is supposed to get pretty warm Saturday and Sunday in the 80s. If you have a dog they’ll probably be pretty hot and sweaty. But how do dogs sweat? A lot of people think it’s through their mouth. That definitely cools them down when they stick out their tongue and start panting. But…
You probably use it every single day. To pair your phone, speaker, laptop, headphones. Bluetooth is such a big part of our lives now. But where did the name come from? It all goes back to the 10th century when King Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson was well known for uniting different parts of Denmark. Hence the…
I thought of this one over the weekend after seeing what was probably the brightest red cardinal I’ve ever seen. But what makes these amazing birds that color? It’s actually pretty interesting. Their diet is so much fruit and berries that it impacts the color of their feathers/wings to turn that red shade. In turn…
Heartburn is the WORST right? You have a delicious meal and then a few hours later you get that horrible feeling. There are a million remedies out there but I’ve always heard chewing gum helps a lot. It’s true! The saliva that is created by chewing gum becomes more alkaline, which neutralizes the acid reflux…
Ever since I’ve been driving a car I’ve always heard you should change your oil every 3,000 miles. But now some people say that’s a myth. Both things are kind of true. The 3,000 mile thing used to be the case with older model cars. But now that technology has improved and cars are much…
I’ve always wondered this. With all of the gravity up in space and everything going on is there any truth to the fact that it changes the height of astronauts? It is! People can grow about 3% taller while in space. For the average six foot tall person that’s about two inches. Once they get…
Today’s mystery is a zany one that was emailed in from Crystal in Trumbull. Remember you can always send me a good Mundane Mystery you want solved by emailing it to [email protected]. Here’s what I found out Crystal… Anytime one of the big stores gets an underwear return like Victoria’s Secret, Macy’s, etc… they actually…
With graduation season here I thought it would be good to go over what makes a university a university and a college a college. I always thought it had to do with the size of the student body, but it’s not that at all. The biggest distinction is that the kind of degrees and programs…