Post from March 8, 2026

Fun Facts Tokyo Lost Its Crown So, I read in NBC News that Tokyo isn’t the biggest city in the world anymore, at least not by the UN’s new way of counting. Honestly, I … 04 Nov Fun Facts Happy Palindrome Day! 6-26-26 Today's Date 6-26-26 Palindrome Day ← same both ways → Read it backward. Same thing. I find this unreasonably satisfying. Palindrome dates … 26 Jun Fun Facts One King, One Table, Five Centuries I used to be pretty good at pool. Through my 30s, I’d hit the bars around Dupont Circle with friends and we’d spend hours at the table just … 23 Jun Fun Facts TIL that DC is an acronym for “Detective Comics.”… Now, the times I don’t need to say DC Comics because it’s already implied in DC, right? But why do we still say DC … 02 Jun Fun Facts 🗽 Did you know… While the total monument… reaches 305 feet from the foundation up, Lady Liberty herself stands 151 feet tall—and wears a US women’s shoe size 879. … 23 May Fun Facts Learned something new today. Napoleon had his secretary leave… all non-urgent mail unopened for three weeks — and most of it resolved itself without him ever touching it. There’s a … 21 Apr