We live here on the East Coast in Connecticut but I’ve always wondered if there was an exact spot that’s the direct middle of North America. Has to be right? Is there a gift shop? Maybe? Turns out there is a town in North Dakota that’s the geographical center of the country. Ironically the name…
If you’re doing “arm day” for your workout you might be wondering how the word “muscle” came about? According to Merriam-Webster… when you bend your arm to flex your bicep that does it look like? According to the ancient Romans they thought it resembled a tiny rodent like shape. Which is why they named it “muscle”…
It’s a lot! I discovered that it takes approximately 540 peanuts to make one 12-ounce jar of peanut butter. This is according to the National Peanut Board (yes, this is a real thing that exists). Also, come to find out anything labeled “peanut butter” has to be at least 90% peanuts for it to officially…
Every time I get a coffee to go from somewhere and put one of those cardboard sleeves on the cup I always wonder if it has a real name besides “cardboard sleeve thingy” It does! Some other actual terms for it are coffee clutch, coffee cozy, Java Jacket, and paper zarf. Paper zarf?! I’m definitely…
There are a few different theories about why fire trucks are red, and they both make sense! So you can choose which you want to believe. Theory 1: The trucks were originally painted red to make them stand out from all the other vehicles on the road. Back in the early 1900s, Ford only offered…
If you have a dog you know exactly what I’m talking about. That one squeaky toy he or she just loves to go crazy on. But why do they love them so much? The reason behind it is because dogs are descendants of wolves whose instincts naturally include hunting smaller animals. The sound that squeaky…
You may have noticed this while grocery shopping. The brown shelled eggs always more than the white. I always thought it was because of their nutrients, quality, being “organic” or something like that. But nope. It’s none of those things come to find out. Brown eggs actually cost more because the hens that lay them…
I’ve always found it strange that a movie trailer plays before the movie when the word “trailer” means to come after. So why are they called that? Back when trailers were first being made in the 1910s it was the silent film, Charlie Chaplin era. They actually did show them after the movie so it…
After yesterday’s historic mission by NASA to land on Mars I figured we would tackle one of the most mysterious things about the planet. Why is it red? A lot of the rocks on Mars are full of iron. So when they are exposed to air and the outdoors they tend to oxidize and get…
With the snow falling outside I figured this is a good time to figure out how big the biggest snowflake ever was. According to our trusty old friends at Guinness World Records, the largest snowflake on record was measured as 15 inches in diameter and 8 inches thick. Wait, WHAT?! That’s insane. Apparently these flakes…