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In The 1950s, Groups Of College Students Tried To Cram Themselves Into Phone Booths

In the landline era, if you were out in the world and needed to call someone, you usually had to find a phone booth to do it - and at one time, college students tried to cram themselves into those booths by the dozens.

Glowing Orbs In The Netherlands Could Light The Way Toward Clean Water

There’s a new way to find out whether fresh water is actually fresh and clean: a set of glowing orbs in the Netherlands called POND.

Communist Countries Thought The TV Show “Dallas” Would Scare Citizens Away From Capitalism, But It Backfired

The iconic TV show was just supposed to be a miniseries, but it kept winning over audience after audience - even some behind the Iron Curtain.

Every Year The Netherlands Sends Thousands Of Tulips To Canada

The Canadian Tulip Festival is getting underway in Ottawa. Here's the history of the annual event, which (pun intended) has its roots in the history of World War II.

How The Baby Sitters Club Became The Book Series All The 80s Kids Were Reading

Netflix is about to release a show based on The Baby-Sitters Club I used to re-shelve all the time at the public library where I worked. Here's the story of how the series came to life.

Elsewhere…

At last, we’re getting our first batch of tomatoes! The weather has been such that I haven’t had to water in a couple months;...

Roses and rays

The sun is beaming down on our rose planters. Looking at all this color, it’s hard to believe that a year ago these weren't even in place!

Daisy, daisy, tell me your answer true

The daisies we planted last fall are finally sprouting!