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Dragged hot dog

July 14, 2019

The Chicago-style hot dog is said to be “dragged through the garden” because of its many veggie toppings. Click for a history of the sacred dog and its German and Jewish roots. | learn more

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Look up any company’s Facebook ads

July 14, 2019

Did you know that you can search a company and see their entire library of ads on Facebook? Here’s a fun example for a direct-to-consumer men’s pharma company. | learn more

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You don’t actually own Alibaba stock

June 30, 2019

You might expect that buying BABA in your brokerage account means you own stock of the Chinese e-commerce giant. But, alas, you don’t. China restricts foreign ownership of its companies. So, instead you own a synthetic security that depends entirely […]

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Ben Franklin founded the first public fire department

June 30, 2019

“It was the first formally organized all volunteer fire company in the colonies and was shaped after Boston’s Mutual Fire Societies. The difference between the fires societies of Boston and Franklin’s Union Fire Company was that the former protected its […]

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The 50 countries (worth) of America

June 30, 2019

“[H]ow do the economies of the individual US states stack up against other countries? California’s economy is about the size of the United Kingdom’s, while Texas’s matches up with Canada’s. Who’s on par with Sri Lanka or the Czech Republic? […]