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11/10/2022
15 : 44
Now I Know: The Florida City Fueled By Soda
They're all Coked up? View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This is a re-run from 2018 -- enjoy! -- Dan The Florida City Fueled By Soda Gadsen County, Florida, is nestled
11/10/2022
11 : 44
Now I Know: The Tale of Monkey Island
No three-headed monkeys, though. Don't fall for that old gag! View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives I wonder if this is a good place to start a career as a pirate. I'
11/8/2022
20 : 44
[Now I Know Offers] Let BetterHelp Kickstart Your Mental Health Journey
It's a great day to start something new As I mentioned previously, this is a paid email from my friends at BetterHelp. They're great and you should absolutely try their service. But if you
11/8/2022
15 : 54
Now I Know: The Tiny Lie in Your Pantry
At least 47 would have been prime. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives It's Election Day here in the United States. If you haven't voted already and are eligible,
11/7/2022
15 : 54
Now I Know: The Ultimate Fortune Teller?
C is for cookie, that's good enough for him View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Hope you had a great weekend! Thank you to everyone who wrote in to tell me that I
11/4/2022
14 : 54
Now I Know: I Guess I Was More Clever A Few Weeks Ago
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
11/3/2022
14 : 34
Now I Know: The Font That Toppled a Government
Either that, or time travelers were to blame! View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This is a re-run from over four years ago. Originally, I titled it "The Font Which
11/2/2022
14 : 34
Now I Know: The Original Chicken Dance?
Maybe Mozart was a bit of a jerk? View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Yesterday's story was about spite and today's is about unwarranted spite, but that's a
11/1/2022
20 : 4
[Now I Know Offers] Get the Blanket and Slippers That'll Knock Your Socks Off
Couch to kitchen and back to the couch, with nothing but comfort the whole time Hi! This is a paid email from my friends at Casamera. They're great and you should absolutely try their service. But
11/1/2022
15 : 14
Now I Know: Why You Shouldn't Piss Off a The Architect
The barber got cut off! View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Hope you got a lot of candy last night! Or that you gave a lot away! -- Dan Why You Shouldn't Piss Off The
10/31/2022
15 : 4
Now I Know: Trick-or-Treating... But on Thanksgiving?
A Halloween tradition with a messed up calendar View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Happy Halloween! -- Dan Trick-or-Treating... But on Thanksgiving? Tonight is Halloween,
10/28/2022
14 : 34
Now I Know: Thank You For Your Support!
An update on last week's pledge drive 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
10/27/2022
13 : 54
Now I Know: How the Aurora Borealis Almost Sent Humanity Over the Brink
The Cold War was a scary time! View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This is a rerun from 2015, which I'm sharing again today because (a) it's the 60th anniversary of
10/26/2022
15 : 14
Now I Know: The Sugar Cereal Edition of Where's Waldo
This is, actually, a story about kindness. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives I think this is, ultimately, a story of the importance of being kind to kids. -- Dan The
10/25/2022
14 : 34
Now I Know: Why Is This Panda Rowing a Giant Pumpkin?
Okay, it isn't a REAL panda. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives I wrote this and then I realized that two years ago, I wrote about a similar race (and arguably a more
10/24/2022
15 : 14
Now I Know: The First Curfews
An "object" lesson in the history of words? View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Hope you had a good weekend! On Friday, I asked you all to please consider
10/21/2022
14 : 14
Now I Know: Please Consider Financially Supporting Now I Know
Yes, I'm asking for your money. But this isn't a stickup. 😃 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
10/20/2022
14 : 54
Now I Know: Why Two Nobel Prize Winners Melted Their Medals
Okay, technically they didn't "melt" the medals, but I liked the alliteration View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This is a re-run from 2011, which is to say,
10/19/2022
15 : 34
Now I Know: TK
TK View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Thank you to the reader who suggested this woman's story; I accidentally deleted the email before recording who you were, so
10/18/2022
15 : 14
Now I Know: The Odd History (Perhaps?) of the Malaysian National Anthem
There's a fun version. Let's go with that one. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Thanks to longtime reader Dale G. for sharing this one. The history here is murky