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6/20/2023
13 : 54
Now I Know: The Invisible Eyelash Bugs That Can Trace Family Histories
Sorry if this grosses you out. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Sorry if this grosses you out. It's really not that gross -- I mean, they're microscopic janitors
6/20/2023
7 : 15
Now I Know: When Every Day is a Bad Hair Day
"Uncombable Hair Syndrome" is a thing. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Today's Now I Know is a re-run from 2015, with two major updates: first, I was able
6/20/2023
7 : 4
[Now I Know Offers] Experience the World for Less with Travelzoo
let's fly This is a paid email from my friends at Travelzoo, and I hope you'll check them out! But if you really don't like emails like this, you can opt out of future ones by hitting this
6/20/2023
6 : 34
Now I Know: The Language Designed to Protect the Nuts
Like, the ones you eat. Except apparently, better than those! View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives If you've seen the TV show The Magicians (which I highly, highly
6/20/2023
5 : 55
Now I Know: Juneteenth
Some thoughts on a day off View this email in your browser · Missed an issue? Click here! If you're new to Now I Know, you'll notice that today's format is different than the rest of the
6/13/2023
13 : 24
Now I Know: The Norwegian With The Magical Beer Tap?
Not quite “water into wine” -- but close enough? View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This seems like a "good in theory, bad in practice" accident. -- Dan The
6/12/2023
13 : 34
Now I Know: The Digital Version of Throwing Out the Baby with the Bathwater?
A draconian way to solve a problem View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives I'm not a huge fan of this title but I couldn't think of a better one that also didn't
6/12/2023
3 : 34
Now I Know: Why Bermuda’s Roofs All Look The Same
The solution to the Rime of the Ancient Mariner? View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives An additional fun fact: Shakespeare's "The Tempest" is likely inspired by
6/12/2023
3 : 15
[Now I Know Sweepstakes] Win a Brand New iPhone 14 and AirPods Pro!
good luck and may the force be with you View this email in your browser Privacy Policy Hi again! As I forgot to mention this morning, here's an email about a sweepstakes you can enter! I hope you
6/12/2023
3 : 4
Now I Know: The Bubble Gum Contest That Never Ended
Bazooka Joe makes things right, though! View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This is a re-run from 2018. The bonus fact probably could have been its own story; it's
6/12/2023
2 : 36
Now I Know: Cookie Monster and The Hand With the Mind of Its Own
He's the monster with two brains View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives As long-time Now I Know readers know, I worked for Sesame Street for about a decade -- so I've
6/12/2023
2 : 19
Now I Know: On (Other People's) Paywalls
How do I explain it? I'll take you frame-by-frame it. View this email in your browser · Missed an issue? Click here! If you're new to Now I Know, you'll notice that today's format is
6/5/2023
13 : 25
Now I Know: Why a Pair of British Officials Watched Paint Dry
At least they got paid? View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives If you want to experience the movie, set a long timer and just stare at the image at the top of today's
6/2/2023
14 : 34
Now I Know: The Decade-Old Dialect Quiz You Should Take
It's the Now I Know Weekender! View this email in your browser · Missed an issue? Click here! If you're new to Now I Know, you'll notice that today's format is different than the rest
6/1/2023
13 : 36
Now I Know: Making Money By Singing in Silence
I love a good loophole. Even a silent one. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This is a rerun from 2014 and a fantastic idea that I wish I had thought of.. -- Dan Making
5/31/2023
14 : 25
Now I Know: The Soviet Plan to Make Real Ads for Fake Products
I get the idea, but tbh the minced chicken looks vile View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Sorry if this one hits your inbox a bit late, I ran into some last-minute issues.
5/30/2023
13 : 24
Now I Know: Why Europeans Can't Score in Their Own Basket
This rule is a slam dunk, imo View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Hi! A lot of new people subscribed to Now I Know over the last week. If you're one of them and want to
5/26/2023
14 : 44
Now I Know: Reintroducing the Random Button
And a lot of broken images, dead links, weird fonts, and other warts. View this email in your browser · Missed an issue? Click here! If you're new to Now I Know, you'll notice that today's
5/25/2023
14 : 54
Now I Know: Tina Turner's Surprising Trademark
What's love got to do with it? Not much View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Right after college, on a lark, some friends of mine and I went to a Tina Turner concert,
5/24/2023
13 : 24
Now I Know: The Fake Town That Became Real (Briefly)
Welcome to Agloe, NY, a town which didn't exist until it did, and then didn't. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This is a re-run from 2014, and to be honest, I