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TIME: "Be back in a jiffy!" We've heard it, and maybe said it. But unless we're the superhero The Flash, we probably didn't get back in a jiffy. It's ...

POSTCARDS: In response to a recent ’Round the Square regarding postcards, and how almost nobody sends them anymore, a reader dropped off an article th...

BORED: Are there times when you're just bored? You've counted the tassels on your living room pillows, tried to remember all the planets, pondered whe...

MORE: We hope you like weird history as much as we do. Here's more from The Fact Site. Iceland has the world's oldest parliament, established in 930 a...

MORE: We hope you like weird history as much as we do. Here's more from The Fact Site. Iceland has the world's oldest parliament, established in 930 a...

HISTORY: We couldn't help but fall into an instant infatuation with a website called The Fact Site and its "100 history facts they didn't teach you in...

HISTORY: We couldn't help but fall into an instant infatuation with a website called The Fact Site and its "100 history facts they didn't teach you in...

HISTORY: We couldn't help but fall into an instant infatuation with a website called The Fact Site and its "100 history facts they didn't teach you in...

SUNBURN: We're getting into the season of sunburns and sun reactions, according to the calendar anyway. As we get older, and take more medication, we'...

CCC: A recent Lumber Heritage Region newsletter had a fascinating story we wanted to share. It's about the Civilian Conservation Corps, the CCC, launc...

PLANETS: "Open your eyes, look up to the skies and see…" Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody wasn't encouraging stargazing, but we are! Farmers Almanac, at farm...

MORE IVY: Have you come into contact with poison ivy? Farmers Almanac offers some advice on treating the itchy rash from the pesky plant. “If you beli...

IVY: “Leaves of three, let them be.” We’ve likely all heard that old saying about poison ivy. Farmers Almanac Editor Peter Geiger wrote an important a...

SPICY: Several polls show that about a third of people in the world are fans of spicy food. We’re not, so when we share recipes, we don’t always think...

POSTCARDS: We’ve all seen them, and most of us have likely used them at some point. Postcards. A neat, inexpensive form of communicating while on vaca...

WILDLIFE: It’s the time of year to be outside more often — when it isn’t raining. The Pennsylvania Game Commission has a list of things everyone can d...

NO MORE: Remember standing near the landline phone, twirling the code around your fingers as you chatted with a bestie or a sweetie? Or, in Bradford, ...

HISTORY: Next year will be the 40th anniversary of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. The disaster at the Number 4 reactor forced eve...

TODAY: Today is the 80th Anniversary of VE Day, Victory in Europe Day from World War II. From the U.S. Department of Defense: “On May 8, 1945 — known ...

WAR: Have you ever thought, “Boy, I would kill for a sandwich right now”? The website Ranker.com took that literally — no, they aren’t killing people ...