In Wales, Mari Lwyd Brings A Costumed Horse Skull To Your Door For Some Winter Fun
There’s a tradition around this time of year in Wales called Mari Lwyd. It starts with a knock at the door in the winter night, and it only gets spookier from there.
A Single Tree In New York Grows 40 Different Fruits
For Arbor Day, the story of the Tree of 40 Fruit, a real tree in Syracuse, New York that shows just how many different fruit you can graft onto a single tree.
Nixon And Elvis, The Most Iconic Meeting In 70s History
No meeting has ever been bigger than the one that happened today in 1970, when the King of Rock and Roll met the President of the United States. We'll explain how it happened.
To Drive To Minnesota’s Northwest Angle, You Have To Go Through Canada
Today in 1858 Minnesota became the 32nd state in the Union. There's a part of the state that's on the other side of a lake from the rest, which means anyone who wants to drive from the Northwest Angle to the rest of Minnesota has to drive through Canada.
Today Is Ed Balls Day, To Which We Say “Ed Balls”
Today in 2011, UK politician Ed Balls sent a tweet that just said "Ed Balls." He was trying to search for his name, not post it, but the inadvertent self-rep turned into a meme and a wonderfully weird annual tradition.
The Moon Trees Came From Seeds That Went Into Lunar Orbit
Apollo 14 may be best known today for the moment when astronaut Alan Shepard hit golf balls on the surface of the moon, but the mission also gave us the “moon trees.”
When Al Capone Gave Two Cherry Trees To A Baltimore Hospital
Today in 1899 was the birthday of Al Capone. Not everyone would brag about getting a gift from the notorious gangster, but there’s a hospital in Baltimore that’s happy to share its connection.
How To Make 2,000 Year Old Seeds Sprout
Today in 2021, a very long wait was over. Researchers harvested three bunches of dates from trees that had sprouted from seeds over two thousand years old.
The Lincoln Memorial Has A Basement
For Abraham Lincoln's birthday, we look at one of the most timeless memorials to the 16th president - or at least its undercroft, which has been out of public view for a long time.
The Great Green Wall Is Regreening Parts of Africa’s Sahel
The Great Green Wall is a multi-country project in and around Africa’s Sahel region to re-green areas that have turned to desert because of overuse, expanding desert and climate change.