Head Scratchers & Good Stuff to Know

"Every day, 72-year-old Martha walked past the same bakery. She’d see loaves of bread, fresh and warm, tossed into a trash bin at closing time. Her heart ached. “Still good,” she’d mutter, shaking her head. “Still good.” One chilly Tuesday, Martha stopped. She took a deep breath, tightened her... Sign in to see full entry.

It stands to reason that Memorial Day, formally known as Decoration Day, was originally started by a group of freed African American slaves honoring 257 dead Union Soldiers who had been buried in a mass grave in a Confederate prison camp. Understanding that the military men fought one of the... Sign in to see full entry.

I finally figured out who my yard helpers are after I caught these two little guys making a run for their lives to their mushroom abode, right after they planted flowers around their small village they had set up a few weeks ago. Sign in to see full entry.

The first three letters of 'Sweden' and 'Denmark' spell out 'Sweden.' The remaining letters spell out 'Denmark.' The same goes for 'Cuba' and the 'Bahamas.' The first two spell out 'Cuba.' The remaining letters spell out 'Bahamas.' Sign in to see full entry.

The English word "set" has the highest number of different meanings of any word in the dictionary; over 400, to be exact. Set holds the Guinness World Record for the word with the most definitions. Of all the words in the english language the word set has the most definitions | The Fact Base Sign in to see full entry.

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He was a widower, and she was a widow. They had known each other for years, having been high school classmates and attending class reunions regularly over the decades. At their 60th class reunion, the widower and widow, along with two other single classmates, formed a foursome. The night was filled... Sign in to see full entry.

My parents are expecting John and me to fly out to Nevada in September, but the deadline for REAL ID is fast approaching. John and I went to the DMV licensing center yesterday to get our REAL ID and to renew our driver's licenses, and that's when the snags began. John's birth certificate is not the... Sign in to see full entry.