by Dictionary Scoop Many of the things we take for granted today were once the stuff of dreams for kings, aristocrats, and the wealthy few. From basic household staples to everyday technology, these now-common goods were once markers of status and privilege. Here’s a look at ten items that were once nearly unattainable luxuries. 1-Sugar Once called …
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Financial Words With Surprising Origins
by Kevin Burton Tax day is not our favorite day. But we mark it today with a list of financial words from Merriam-Webster. Capital The first known use of the word capital is in early Middle English, in which it was used as an adjective meaning “of or relating to the head.” It …
Dual Citizenship Now A Popular Escape Route
by Ellie Cobb BBC When Emily Hill, a novelist from Everett, Washington, heard about the recent changes to Canada’s citizenship-by-descent rules, she immediately wondered whether a family connection might make her eligible. “I felt like I’d been struck by lightning,” she says, explaining that her grandmother was born in Montreal. “This possibility was …
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The Case Against Daylight Savings Time
By Morgan Coulson Johns Hopkins University On Sunday, most of the US will advance their clocks one hour for daylight saving time (DST). The change means disruptions in the sleep patterns of over 300 million people—the effects of which will doubtless be felt and seen nearly everywhere. Surveys from the American Academy of …
More Mysteries Of Cat Psychology, Behavior
by Kevin Burton Though cats don’t speak our human language, there is a lot we can know about what is on their minds. We do that by learning to speak their language. What they do, how and when they do it can tell us a lot. We’ve been walking through an article …
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Lakin Loves Boxes, Any Size, Anytime
by Kevin Burton We’ve got a cat fact today that is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, at least for our youngest cat. I’ve been piecing through a Good Housekeeping article, “20 Surprising Cat Facts You’ve Never Heard,” presenting the facts and responding to them. “How well do …
Investigation Shows Dollar Store Cheating
by Barry Yeoman and Jocelyn C Zuckerman The Guardian On a cloudy winter day, a state government inspector named Ryan Coffield walked into a Family Dollar store in Windsor, North Carolina, carrying a scanner gun and a laptop. Inside the store, which sits along a three-lane road in a county of peanut growers …
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Examining The Desires, Behaviors Of Cats
by Kevin Burton “How well do you really know your cat?” asks writer Alesandra Dubin in a Good Housekeeping piece, under the headline “20 Surprising Cat facts You’ve Never Heard.” Good question. Everyone knows cats are mysterious, hard to define or explain. I could go all Joni Mitchell on you and say “I’ve looked …
Mixed Up In The Mayhem Of Miscellany
by Kevin Burton You have a drawer like this, admit it. It’s that drawer where you keep things, small things. They will be useful, you swear, and you don’t dare throw them away. Twist ties, bolts, rubber bands. That drawer is a physical category for the uncategorizable. You may even have …
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