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,

Happy throwback Thursday! Today our throwback year is 1987. On August 7 that year, American swimmer Lynne Cox made history by becoming the first (and only) person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union in

Happy birthday to the Girl Scouts! Girl Scouting in the U.S. began on this day in 1912, when founder Juliette Gordon Low organized the first Girl Guide troop meeting in Savannah, Georgia! She had met the founder

36 years ago today, Cops premiered on Fox! The show was created by John Langley and Malcolm Barbour. They were working on a documentary in 1983 called Cocaine Blues. As part of his research, Langley went on a raid with

On Friday, we talked about a story about a dog who had to undergo a 6 hour surgery to remove porcupine quills from its snout. Then someone texted in to the studio and said they hit one

We’ve come to the final day of our Female Firsts theme week. Today we’re talking about Junko Tabei, the first woman to reach the summit of Mount Everest! Not only that, but she was also the first

It’s day 4 of our Female Firsts theme week! Today we’re talking about the first female CEO in the U.S., Anna Sutherland Bissell! She and her husband Melville owned a crockery and china business in Michigan. Sick

It’s day 3 of our theme week on Female Firsts, and today we’re talking about the first female detective in the U.S., Kate Warne! She worked for the Pinkerton Detective Agency starting in 1856. She showed up

It’s day 2 of our theme week on Female Firsts in honor of Women’s History Month. Today we’re talking about the first woman to fly solo around the world – Jerrie Mock! Known as “The Flying Housewife”,

In honor of this being the first week of Women’s History Month, we’re kicking off a theme week on Female Firsts! First up, Margaret Abbott, the first American woman to win an Olympic event. She won the

Sunday is National Egg McMuffin Day, in honor of the classic McDonald’s menu item turning 50! In 1970, some McDonald’s operators started considering developing a breakfast menu. Herb Peterson, who was a franchise co-owner in Santa Barbara,

This morning we woke up to the news that Gene Hackman died at the age of 95. He, his wife, and one of their 3 dogs were found dead in their Santa Fe, New Mexico home. Police

106 years ago today, Grand Canyon National Park was established! It was the 15th site to be named a national park. It covers over 1.2 million acres and received more than 4/7 million visitors in 2023.  Native

Happy Birthday, George Harrison! He would have been 82 years old today. Known as “The Quiet Beatle”, he joined John Lennon and Paul McCartney in their original band, The Quarrymen in 1958 when he was just 15

The music world lost a legend today. Roberta Flack died this morning at the age of 88. She topped the Billboard charts with the No. 1 singles “The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face”, “Killing Me Softly with