Head Scratchers & Good Stuff to Know

A movie with a plot set way before its time resonates with some of what our world experiences today, just as the movie producers of Metropolis set out to do. The great future city of Metropolis is inhabited by two distinct classes: the industrialists live off the fat of the land, supported by the... Sign in to see full entry.

In the spring of 1938, a widowed Black woman stepped off a bus in Saratoga Springs, New York. She was alone, with no family and no job. She had $33 in her pocket, a cast-iron skillet, and a mind full of recipes her mother never wrote down, only passed on in flavor. Her name was Hattie Austin... Sign in to see full entry.

Appearing in thousands of words is the questionable silent letter. According to Grammarly, silent letters differentiate English from most other languages. Talk about confusing. So, with this in mind, which letter is silent in the word scent, the s or the c? Sign in to see full entry.

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Not an unusual sight throughout the East Coast and Midwest states, the first brick-paved street in the United States is credited to a West Virginia man who experimented with an idea that he believed would improve the hard-packed, dusty dirt streets in Charleston, West Virginia, that would turn into... Sign in to see full entry.

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Only in Pennsylvania can you be driving home, and a random deer strolls into the middle of the road. Summer is a peak season for odd wildlife behavior. We’ve got deer using crosswalks, loitering near gas stations like they’re waiting for a ride, and staring into your soul like you’re the one in the... Sign in to see full entry.

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