PT Barnum didn’t create Jumbo the elephant. He bought him from the London Zoo in 1882 and convinced America it needed to pay to see the biggest animal anyone had ever seen. Barnum’s real talent [...]

Have you ever had a smoke detector go off because the toast got a little too dark? It’s loud and obnoxious, and in the moment it feels like the thing is overreacting to nothing. Some [...]

Huge news today in the world of gaming. Microsoft announced that its intent to acquire Activision Blizzard–one of the biggest names in the gaming world. The company has a formidable lineup of gaming franchises including [...]

Folk songs get handed down a lot like an old jacket. Somebody wears it for a while, then passes it along, and the next person takes it in at the waist or swaps out the [...]