Back Home Again in Indiana(polis 500)
May 21, 2021
Today we’re going “indy” with these interesting facts about auto-racing’s annual Memorial Day weekend event, the Indianapolis 500. Perhaps the Indy 500 is so big because it’s contested in a place that is literally huge. You could fit...
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Carve Out a Space In Your Day For These Pumpkin Facts
October 23, 2019
Put down that pumpkin spice latte
(which doesn’t have any actual pumpkin in it, by the way) and check out these
facts about everyone’s favorite gourd. Word Origins Origin of the word pumpkin: In 1584, French explorer Jacques Cartier vi...
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Forgotten Fad Restaurants
September 20, 2019
Fast
food burger places, barbecue joints, and Chinese restaurants remain stalwarts
on the American food scene, outlasting a lot of other types of eateries that
have come…and mostly gone. Fondue While the notion of dipping pieces
of bread...
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Making Music, Making Drinks
September 19, 2019
There’s a long association
between beverages and songs — there are a lot of old country tunes about
drinkin’, and Jimmy Buffett’s entire career is based on liking margaritas. Here
are some times when musicians told the people what to drink...
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New Coke Isn’t It
September 17, 2019
What was the most popular
activity of the summer of 1985? Hating on New Coke, Coca-Cola’s ill-fated
attempt to reformulate its popular product. First Diet Drinks The first major diet drink on the market was Diet Pepsi, launched in ...
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