Happy Mother’s Day Weekend to all the Moms out there. Crazy to think that it actually wasn’t always a holiday prior to 1914. 1914 was when President Woodrow Wilson officially made Mother’s Day a national holiday in the U.S. Be sure to get mom what she wants this Sunday… an hour of quiet time to…
A lot of people get mixed up between all the margs and guac on what Cinco de Mayo actually celebrates and means. Cinco de Mayo marks the anniversary of Mexico’s underdog win over France at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Which went down 160 years ago today. A year after their victory a group…
This crossed my mind while my wife and I were at Sesame Street Live in Bridgeport with our two kids last weekend. Cookie Monster, easily my favorite character. But does he have a name? He does! His first name is “Sid”. Apparently it was revealed on a 2004 episode of Sesame Street. The other thing…
We’ve all had this day dream while sitting in the drive thru right? “What if I just owned this place… it would be awesome! I wonder how much I would need”. If you ever did want to buy your own fast food joint an be a franchisee there are some that might be more affordable…
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…
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…
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…
You’ve probably had this happen to you at some point over the years. Either you kids rip your $10 bill, or you find a dollar on the ground that’s ripped apart. Can you still use it? The answer is yes. With a stipulation. A ripped dollar bill will still hold its face value, as long…
It seems like it would since it’s in the name right? I think you know where this is going… White chocolate doesn’t actually have any chocolate at all! It’s made out of a mixture of sugar, milk, vanilla, lecithin, and cocoa butter. Not one trace of actual chocolate. Wild. Still very tasty though. Photo credit:…
We’ve all heard this as kids… “don’t swallow your gum, it will stay in your stomach forever!” But is that actually true? According to this guy… not really. As an autopsy technician he says the only gum he has come across in the stomach has been recently chewed or swallowed. So even though it doesn’t…