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Today in 1932, the London newspaper The Times published its first edition with a brand new typeface: Times New Roman. And it's been a big deal ever since, even in the computer age.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/6fsgMxvlC4R9Zr4rKSCRJs?si=ef22d0f6d6ca479b Today in 1998, the debut of the Furby. This toy became a legit 90s phenomenon, one so popular that it actually raise some concerns in the national security [...]
Today in 2008, the state of Maryland formally recognized Smith Island Cake as its official state dessert. It’s yellow cake and chocolate frosting in layers and layers and layers.
William Wrigley, Jr., who made a huge fortune selling little sticks of chewing gum, but that wasn't originally the way he expected to make it big.
Today is National Coffee Day, and there is a micronation in Sweden that has a cup of coffee on its flag, along with a cuckoo bird. Which should tell you that this is no ordinary place.
This week we’re replaying some of our favorite episodes about a favorite food.
A young person in the UK made pretty much every day a cleanup day.
Scholars and scientists have tried to figure out how to adapt religious traditions astronauts practice on Earth when they're spending time far above our home planet.
Nobody watching that episode of the show was going to forget an introduction like that.
For IT Professionals Day, the history of the screen saver, which was originally just supposed to keep monitors from getting overworked but eventually took on a whimsical style of their own.
