We’ve all grown up knowing that Winnie the Pooh loves honey and the honey bottles are even shaped like bears! But do real bears actually eat or even like honey? The answer is yes. Honey actually provides a lot of protein and nutrients essential to their way of living. But they don’t only eat the…
If you’ve ever heard the rumor that the U.S. Navy uses video game controllers in their submarines, it turns out it’s true! Back in 2018 the US Navy equipped all their submarines with Xbox360 controllers. The real control sticks for the periscopes are VERY expensive and really difficult to learn how to use. So instead…
We’ve all been there before… you get to the end of a meal when you’re at a restaurant and suddenly realize you left your wallet or purse at home. Oh no… are they going to make you wash the dishes?! Most likely not. What usually happens as long as your honest about it is the…
To many people Netflix still feels like a relatively new company. That’s mostly because they have done a tremendous job adapting to the everchanging entertainment environment. Where’s all my Netflix OG’s who had DVDs lined up in their queue to be mailed?! What a lot of people don’t realize is just how long Netflix has…
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! You’ve probably seen a lot of people shortening it to either St. Paddy’s or St. Patty’s in your feed and on their posts today. But which one is correct? Here is the official explanation if you don’t want to make everyone is Ireland mad. Since Patrick is the English version of…
Tomorrow being St. Patrick’s Day one of the big traditions are all the parades. We are in a bunch here in Connecticut. But where and when did the tradition start? You might think it’s Ireland… but it’s actually not! They have celebrated St. Patrick in Ireland since the 1600s, but the tradition of a St.…
You might have seen this trending… today is the Ides of March. But what exactly is it? And when did it start? A lot of people believe it to be an unlucky day because it’s the anniversary of Julius Caesar’s assassination by the Roman Senate on March 15th 44 BC. The phrase “Beware the Ides…
Twice a year we as a country have the debate of whether we should still be turning our clocks back and ahead an hour. The growing majority of people seem done with it and want it to just be light out longer all year. I’m firmly in that camp, especially now that I have young…
New Haven is considered by many as the birthplace of American pizza. Back in the early 20th century pizza was always delivered. It started to become really popular in the 1910s. People would buy it on the street and deliver it to factories and famer’s markets. Frank Pepe in New Haven is credited as the…
Selfies have become such a huge part of our culture since the invention of smart phones but who took the first one?! A lot of people say Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian… when it fact it was someone WAY before those two were even born. Back in 1839 there was a guy in Philadelphia named…