- Today’s Pick: An apple-themed holiday 🍎
Editors’ Picks • March 11, 2026 There are a lot of fun “holidays” on the calendar that fly under the radar, and today’s is certainly one of the most obscure — but we felt the history behind it deserved some attention. March 11 is National Johnny Appleseed Day, honoring the man who became a key figure in American folklore and the work he did planting apple trees across more than 100,000 square miles of wilderness. Learn about his life (including his real name and why many modern renderings…Read more
- Laugh it off (science says so)
Daily Edition • March 6, 2026 SUPPORTED BY The Milano Cortina Paralympics kick off today with an opening ceremony at 2 p.m. ET. We’ll be resuming our photo series, Eyes on Milano Cortina, so you can check there for regular updates. And here’s some trivia for you to share at the water cooler (which longtime readers might recall from our coverage of the 2024 Summer Paralympics): Some think the “Para” in Paralympics stands for paraplegia, but the origin of the word stems from the Greek...
- Welcome to the ghost galaxy
Daily Edition • March 5, 2026 SUPPORTED BY The Gerber Baby Photo Search is on — and there’s a bit of a twist to this year’s competition. The company has named the 2026 contest “Behind the Baby” and is looking for pics that feature little ones and their parents. “We believe a parent-friendly world starts with giving parents the recognition they deserve,” the photo search website reads. Families have until April 12 to submit a photo and accompanying short story. Must Reads A fascinating peek...
- Today’s Pick: American Girl turns 40
Editors’ Picks • March 4, 2026 A crop of millennials are turning 40 this year, and so are the dolls many of them played with growing up. It’s hard to overstate just what a phenomenon American Girl was when it burst on the scene: If you didn’t have a Samantha, Kirsten, or Molly, you were always angling for an after-school invite from someone who did. There was even a magazine serious fans could subscribe to (you can scroll through an issue from 1993 here). The brand has evolved over the...