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One odd, true, fact-checked thing each morning: a story from the news or the secret life of an everyday object. Reads in about 60 seconds. Built to be forwarded.
A strange story in the news, or a thing on your table nobody thinks about: cork, mulch, pallets, tires.
Every fact gets a source you can click. When the popular version is a myth, the correction is the story.
Sixty seconds to read, one line to forward with “wait, what?” That’s the whole point.
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One story, one number you can picture, one source. No feed to scroll. Our daily reel covers the same thing on Instagram and TikTok if you’d rather watch.
New baseballs are slick. In 1938, Philadelphia A’s coach Lena Blackburne went looking for a better mud to take the shine off, and found it on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River. The exact spot is still a family secret.
Before each game, six dozen or more balls get a rub. Each team uses about 10 pounds a season.
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