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Published: September 17, 2026 by Andrew Cummings
Iowa’s reputation as corn country is well earned. The state produced a record 2.77 billion bushels of corn in 2025, […]
Life expectancy at birth is one of the simplest ways to summarize the health and mortality conditions in a country, […]
Some crime movies stick fairly close to court records, reporting, memoirs, or law-enforcement investigations. Others take a real crime and […]
New York has a lot more islands than Manhattan and Long Island. Some are packed with millions of people, while […]
Published: September 16, 2026 by Andrew Cummings
Most people see a tornado warning and start thinking about shelter. Storm chasers head in the other direction. Some chase […]
What makes someone mysterious? Sometimes it is an unidentified criminal who seemingly vanished into thin air. Sometimes it is a […]
Turning 40 does not suddenly flip some biological switch, but it is a pretty good time to take stock of […]
Comedy changes with the times. Rewatch a sitcom from 10, 20, or 40 years ago and some jokes land very […]
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Nature has been solving engineering problems a lot longer than we have. Scientists and designers regularly study animals, plants, and […]
Streaming isn’t just an alternative to traditional TV anymore. In May 2025, it accounted for 44.8% of all television usage […]
Prison escapes are not exactly everyday events, but they happen more often than the biggest headlines suggest. In a 2023 […]
Published: September 15, 2026 by Andrew Cummings
Smartphones, social media, and viral video have made it remarkably difficult for a public indiscretion to stay private. A moment […]
Video games do not cross borders quite as easily as you might think. A game that reaches stores unchanged in […]
Fast food is built around convenience. Order, eat, move on. Every so often, though, something goes wrong badly enough that […]
Going to Harvard is still wildly expensive. For the 2026-27 academic year, Harvard College estimates the total cost of attendance […]
A Disney vacation has never been the cheapest trip on the board, but the contrast between early park prices and […]
From electric-blue sea slugs and jewel-toned fish to brilliant birds, frogs, reptiles, and insects, these animals show just how bold […]
Published: September 14, 2026 by Andrew Cummings
When a famous person faces serious criminal charges and ends up spending little or no time behind bars, the reaction […]
“Jeopardy!” has been around long enough that generations of viewers have grown up shouting responses at the television from the […]
Some false facts are so stubborn, they seem to have a permanent home in our brains. They get passed around […]
Published: September 13, 2026 by Andrew Cummings
World War II was one of the largest and most complex conflicts in history, fought across multiple continents and involving […]
Blockbusters are expensive for reasons that go well beyond a famous face or two. Giant crews, location shoots, visual effects, […]
Hit songs do not always begin with someone confidently announcing that they have written a hit. Some start as jokes, […]
With grocery store prices and how high they are, it’s not surprising that many of us are looking for the […]
