Today’s Wiki Corner is inspired by yesterday’s Impossible Question. The question was: According to a new poll, 20% of people believe they could outrun this animal. The answer was elephant! And that got me thinking…is that possible? 

Happy Throwback Thursday! Today’s throwback year is 1972 – the year the world was introduced to Pong! Pong was the first game developed by Atari and it was one of the earliest arcade video games.  The prototype

Today is International Unicorn Day! These mythical creatures were first described by a Greek historian in 400 BCE. They looked a bit different according to his account. He described them as having a white horse-like body, dark

Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based biotech company, recently announced that it has brought dire wolves back from extinction. No, they aren’t just characters in Game of Thrones! They roamed the Americas 125,000 to 10,000 years ago. The DNA

Actor Jay North, best known for playing Dennis the Menace in the CBS sitcom that aired from 1959-1963, passed away yesterday at the age of 73 after a long battle with colorectal cancer. The show was a

We’ve come to the final day of our theme week on Baseball Team Name Origins. Today we’re talking about the Kansas City Royals. Their name has nothing to do with royalty! After the 1967 season, the Kansas

We’re on day 4 of our theme week on Baseball Team Name Origins. Today we’re talking about the St. Louis Cardinals, who were – surprise! – not named for the bird! Professional baseball started in St. Louis

We’re right in the middle of our theme week on Baseball Team Name Origins! Today we’re talking about the Los Angeles Dodgers. They were founded in 1883 in Brooklyn and were originally called the Brooklyn Bridegrooms when

This is day 2 of our theme week on MLB Team Name Origins. Today we’re talking about the Detroit Tigers. You might think they were named after the animal, but the team was actually named for the

Opening day of Major League Baseball was last week so we’re kicking off a theme week on Baseball Team Name Origins! As a lifelong fan, we’re obviously starting with the New York Yankees! The original Baltimore Orioles

On this day in 1960, the first permanent star was laid in the Hollywood Walk of Fame! The first star honored film producer and director Stanley Kramer. Actress Joanne Woodward is often cited as the first to

It’s Throwback Thursday! Today our throwback year is 1975, the year that gave us Watergate Salad! Made with pistachio pudding, canned pineapple, whipped topping, crushed pecans, and marshmallows, General Foods developed the recipe in 1975, the same

March Madness is in full swing. But there’s another tournament also happening right now – March Napness! It’s an annual bracket-style tournament, just like March Madness, but instead of basketball teams, it’s bears “competing” to see who

Happy birthday, Aretha Franklin! The Queen of Soul would have been 83 today. Franklin was self-taught, learning to play the piano by ear. As a child, she was noticed for her gospel singing at the New Bethel

RIP George Foreman! The boxer and grill salesman died Friday at age 76. As a boxer, Foreman was nicknamed Big George, competing between 1967 and 1997. He was a 2-time world heavyweight champion and an Olympic gold

March Madness is officially underway! It’s one of the most popular sporting events in the country, but have you ever wondered why we call it March Madness? It goes back to 1939, when an administrator with the

Happy Throwback Thursday! Our throwback year today is 1984. One of the biggest movies that year was The Karate Kid. It’s semiautobiographical, based on the life of its screenwriter, Robert Kamen. When he was 17, he was beat

On this day in 1957, Elvis bought Graceland! The property was once part of a farm owned by the S.C. Toof family, and was named after a member of the Toof family, Grace. It was the second

Did you know brussels sprouts used to taste different than they do now? In the 90s, a Dutch scientist named Hans Van Doorn, who worked at a seed and chemical company, identified the chemicals that made brussels

You’ve seen the phrase “Kiss me, I’m Irish”, perhaps on a t-shirt or a hat while out celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. Did you know it originates from the legend of the Blarney Stone? Kissing the Blarney Stone

Happy Birthday Albert Einstein! The world-renowned physicist was born March 14, 1879. He is best known for developing the theory of relativity and his formula E=mc2 has been called “the world’s most famous equation”. Throughout his life,