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Published: April 26, 2024 by Colman Andrews
COVID-19 is still very much around, though it isn’t wreaking the kind of medical and societal havoc it did in […]
Published: April 25, 2024 by Colman Andrews
Western movies are just about as old as movies themselves. Thomas Edison’s studio in West Orange, NJ, produced the first […]
Published: April 23, 2024 by Colman Andrews
Regular physical activity is one of the most important things you can do for your health, according to the Centers […]
Published: April 22, 2024 by Colman Andrews
The steakhouse (or steak house — also sometimes called a chophouse, or chop house) is America’s quintessential restaurant type. There […]
Published: April 18, 2024 by Colman Andrews
The oldest chain operation in the world, still going strong (as anyone who’s ever been in an airport can attest), […]
Published: April 17, 2024 by Colman Andrews
In the days before TikTok and YouTube and other platforms appeared, capable of creating stars overnight, musical artists tended to […]
The American Civil War, which tore our country asunder from 1861 through 1865, was the deadliest conflict in our history. […]
Published: April 16, 2024 by Colman Andrews
The 1960s were a rich period for music. In the decade’s early years, we saw the folk revival, featuring traditional […]
The Biden administration announced on April 15 that it will work with 50 countries around the globe to establish protocols […]
Published: April 15, 2024 by Colman Andrews
The human race has been producing and consuming alcohol since somewhere between 7,000 and 10,000 B.C. Its earliest forms were […]
Published: April 14, 2024 by Colman Andrews
Caffeine is a drug, a stimulant that acts on the central nervous system, promoting increased alertness and helping the body […]
Published: April 12, 2024 by Colman Andrews
There are believed to be about 8.7 million unique species of plants and animals around the world, according to the […]
Published: April 11, 2024 by Colman Andrews
How many plant and animal species are there in the world? The National Institutes of Health estimates the total at […]
Published: April 10, 2024 by Colman Andrews
The United States is considered one of the world’s 17 most megadiverse nations in terms of the sheer number of […]
New COVID variants continue to appear. JN.1, similar to BA.2.86 (also called Pirola), began spreading around the U.S. in December, […]
Published: April 9, 2024 by Colman Andrews
When we think of “influencers” today, we tend to think in terms of internet personalities who reach large audiences and […]
Care for a burger and a beer, or nachos, ribs, chili, wings, etc., alongside whatever libation you happen to enjoy? […]
Published: April 8, 2024 by Colman Andrews
What is “fine dining?” It’s not just good food, though any fine dining establishment worth mentioning certainly has that. But […]
Published: April 5, 2024 by Colman Andrews
More than 250 million people attend live music concerts every year in the U.S., according to Gitnux, a market research […]
Published: April 3, 2024 by Colman Andrews
The respiratory virus season stretching through the winter of 2023-24 is waning. That means that reported infection rates for flu, […]
Published: April 2, 2024 by Colman Andrews
Restaurant chains have been around for more than a century in America. The first one, in fact, traces its origins […]
Published: April 1, 2024 by Colman Andrews
Chain restaurants are a fact of life in America, an unavoidable feature of the urban (and often rural) landscape. The […]
There are professional gamblers who become celebrities in their own right — players like poker whiz Nick “the Greek” Dandolos; […]