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4/6/2022
15 : 24
Now I Know: The $64,000 Fake New York City Tourist
Welcome to bounty hunting, New York City traffic-style View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Hi! Last Friday, I explained that starting this week, I'll be sending an
4/5/2022
15 : 4
Now I Know: Foul Tip
The story behind one of the most infamous baseball cards of all time View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Baseball season is almost here (Let's go Mets!) and I've
4/4/2022
15 : 4
Now I Know: The Walls (and Book) That Can Kill You
Do not touch. And, in fact, avoid entirely. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Hope you had a good weekend! -- Dan The Walls (and Book) That Can Kill You Pictured above
4/1/2022
15 : 34
Now I Know: Let's Talk About Advertisements (and Guest Writers)
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
3/31/2022
15 : 44
Now I Know: Why You Shouldn't Hold in a Sneeze
It may be embarrassing, but it's better to let it rip View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Don't try this at home? Or do try this at home? I'm really not sure. -
3/30/2022
15 : 24
Now I Know: The Internet's Hidden Teapot
Turn it over and pour it out, if you can find it! View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives With April Fool's Day approaching on Friday, I figured this was good for a re-
3/29/2022
15 : 24
Now I Know: An Initial Reaction to Disaster Relief?
The subconscious reason some people give more than others. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This email was a joy to write; I didn't discover the blog post by Charlie
3/28/2022
15 : 24
Now I Know: The Derogatory Term in Your Junk Drawer
A tale of the tape View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Hope you had a good weekend! -- Dan The Derogatory Term in Your Junk Drawer Pictured above is a junk drawer. It's
3/25/2022
15 : 14
Now I Know: A Handful of Stories I Didn't Write About But Wanted to Share
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
3/24/2022
15 : 54
Now I Know: The Biggest Bread Soup in the World
Do not feed the birds whose presence we have intentionally facilitated, they reasoned View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives I tried to hide a Nintendo Duck Hunt easter egg in
3/23/2022
15 : 24
Now I Know: Where No Sandwich Has Gone Before
Lunch, the final frontier? View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This is a re-run from September 2013. I chose to use it again today because the launch of the sandwich -- and
3/22/2022
15 : 44
Now I Know: Why Are My Baby Carrots Always Wet?
Except when they're really, really not. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives I considered titling this "Why Are My Baby Carrots Always So !#^%$& Wet?" but
3/16/2022
20 : 24
It's the "Get Fit For Summer" Sweepstakes from Now I Know!
good luck and may the force be with you View this email in your browser Archives · Privacy Policy Hi again! As I mentioned this morning, here's an email about a sweepstakes you can enter! I hope
3/16/2022
15 : 44
Now I Know: The Prisoner Who Emailed Himself Free
It's not a "return to sender" story, but it is a "sender to return" story. How about that! View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives This is a re-run from
3/15/2022
15 : 34
Now I Know: Beware the Ire of Caesar
A story about Julius Caesar, from before Brutus stabbed him in the back View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Today is March 15th, also known as the Ides of March, and
3/14/2022
16 : 4
Now I Know: Which Came First, The Algorithm or the Pi?
This isn't really a Pi Day story, but whatever, close enough. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Today is March 14th, or (in America, at least, where we put the month
3/11/2022
15 : 14
Now I Know: Help Me Solve a Musical Theater/Simpsons Mystery
This may be the weirdest email you ever get from me. 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
3/10/2022
16 : 24
Now I Know: World War II's Pre-Email E-Mail
The other way to write to loved ones abroad View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives Yes, I spelled it Email and then E-Mail right after. Yes, that was intentional. No, there
3/10/2022
1 : 26
Now I Know: The Crappiest Way to Scare People?
They fled Home Depot, scared for their lives. But they survived. View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives The world kind of sucks so I think we need a short, lighthearted story,
3/8/2022
16 : 24
Now I Know: The Bad Reason It's Not Treason
A shameful loophole that saved a life View this email in your browser · Missed one? Visit the Archives When I found this story earlier this week, I didn't believe it was true; the mental gymnastics