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BRADFORD: The early days of Bradford had big business even before oil. The Era in July of 1925 printed two letters from Bradford High history teacher ...

MAIL: Are you a low-tech person in a high-tech world? Is that walk to the mailbox something you look forward to? The Eldred World War II Museum has a ...

WORDS: Once upon a time, a spinster was a woman who spun thread for a living, a villain was a farmhand or peasant and "nice" meant foolish or gullible...

MORE BIRDS: Have we reached your bird of the month yet? Farmers' Almanac has a list of "birth birds," sort of like birthstones, assigned to each month...

BIRDS: It had somehow escaped our attention that there is such a thing as "birth month birds." We've heard of astrological signs, flowers of the month...

DADS: This Sunday is Father's Day, the day marked to honor one's father, along with paternal bonds, fatherhood and the influence of fathers in society...

LOGIC: Remember those dreaded word problems in school? Not just the math ones, but the logic ones, too? We found some in Parade Magazine and wanted to...

PETS: Do you share your life with a dog named Spike? While that might have been a popular dog name back in the days of Looney Tunes shorts, the Americ...

JUNE: The month of June has the only birthstone that is not mined from Earth, but instead comes from a living creature. That would be a pearl, natural...

SNACKING: School's out! And how parents have the next few months to figure out what to feed those always hungry children for healthy snacks — that won...

STORMY: The World Meteorological Organization must not pay attention to social media. Why? The 2025 list of Atlantic Hurricane names has been released...

LIST: Take a hint from Old St. Nick, making a list helps cut down on stress. The University of Iowa released a list of why making a list helps — haha....

40 YEARS: We're a few days late, but the 40th anniversary of the Kane tornado just took place. It was shocking. We live through all kinds of weather, ...

MORE LETTER: Today we're bringing you the rest of the letter from L.M. Peterson, a Guardsman in July 1925 who was in training at Mount Gretna in Leban...

LETTER: One hundred years ago in July, Bradford's National Guard unit was attending training in Lebanon County at Mount Gretna when a whopper of a sto...

WORDS: Have you ever heard of a pseudoword? It's a fake word that appears to be an actual word, but really has no meaning. Jabberwocky is one example....

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...