The fun thing about assembling these posts is discovering so many things that I did not know before. This week is no exception. Here's to a collection of very interesting and informative posts to take your mind off other things.
Before becoming a politician Abraham Lincoln tried his hand at true crime writing.
A brief history of peanut butter.
Did you know that native Alaskans are called sourdoughs?
Answering the important questions: why doesn't cereal come in resealable bags? Actually makes sense if you think about it.
Edgar Allan Poe didn't just invent the detective story. He changed the literary world forever.
Answering the important questions, part 2: why Cubs fans sing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" during the seventh inning stretch.
The true story of a 1970 exhibition baseball game that honored Martin Luther King, Jr. At least 23 Hall of Famers played in the game. That's quite a collection of talent in one ballgame.
If we ever get to travel again I would love to visit these places
In praise of locked room mysteries.
Was Walt Whitman a plagiarist?
How a 1960s band helped promote Zip Codes.
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