Keurig Dr Pepper is actually attempting to revive the RC Cola brand, which is the cola brand for when you messed up so bad that not even Pepsi is on the menu. Earlier this year, Keurig Dr Pepper attempted to execute the first brand awareness campaign that was not specifically targeted at people who fell down in a groce...

Global demand for matcha has sent Japanese producers scrambling to switch from producing typical sencha green tea leaves to the tencha kneaded dried tea leaves, which are eventually powdered to produce matcha. The leaves are grown differently, with the plants shielded from the sun to bring out more flavor. Producers ha...

What is Advent? Advent-from "adventus," the Latin word for "arrival"-is a season of observance that forms part of the annual liturgy (or public worship) of many Christian denominations. Generally spanning the four weeks leading up to Christmas, the tradition emerged in fourth-century Christian commu...

Studies find that roundabouts reduce vehicle accidents by 40 percent at intersections and reduce vehicle accidents that cause injuries by 75 percent. Some towns and cities swear by these intersections; Keene, New Hampshire, installed its seventh roundabout in 2023. Besides saving $200,000 per stoplight they don't have ...

Do you hear it? That which is dead is rising, those that sleep are awakening, those who ask are receiving and they who beseech are heard. The bells... how they ring. With 15.7 million streams (up 14 percent week over week) and 9.7 million airplay impressions (up 82 percent week over week), Mariah Carey's "All I Wa...

Do you remember the Vikings and Cowboys from Thanksgiving Day 1998? The stage was set as Randall Cunnningham, Randy Moss carved up the Cowboy's! Three catches 3TDs 163 yards. Thanksgiving Day football begins at 10:30 a.m. on 79...

While working conditions in medieval England were brutal for peasants, in some places the workers got better sick, annual and bereavement leave than plenty of workers get today. In the U.K. today, workers are entitled to 28 days of annual leave and have no statutory rights for bereavement leave. However, a new paper fo...

.....A new study published in the journal JAMA Network Open tracked 14,000 students in Australia aged 11 to 14 from the year 2019 to 2022. It found that the students underwent a drastic shift in how they spent their time. Over the period, the percentage who used social media daily increased from 26 percent to 85 percen...

...hockey Youth sports have long been a target of private equity interests, and nowhere is that more clear than in youth hockey. USA Hockey membership reached an all-time high in 2025 with 577,900 members. It's the most expensive youth sport by some measures, costing an average of $2,583 a year, given the amount of pro...

...on a goal? A new study published in Nature Human Behavior carried out a meta-analysis of 235 studies (featuring 1,400 findings from various disciplines) to understand how readjusting life goals made people happier. The study found that working toward unachievable goals could have a negative impact on well-being, whi...

A new survey found that if they had a choice, on average, Americans would want to live to be 91 years old. In total, 23 percent said they'd want their lifespan to last until their 80s, 24 percent said their 90s and 23 percent would want to live until they were between 100 and 119. Just seven percent would prefer to liv...

...a big glass jar.... Production of the penny one-cent coin concluded in Philadelphia yesterday after years of agitation for phasing out the coin. People cited the four cents it costs to produce a penny and the diminished utility of a one-cent piece. The production phase-out has not been seamless; constrained supply w...

"Can we convince men to wear makeup?" has been the question understandably plaguing the modern cosmetics industry for years. After all, if half the population is just sitting right there, money in their pocket, but never buying your product. That fact is a bit demoralizing to the supposedly near-infinite powe...

The world of competitive pumpkin growing has experienced a renaissance lately, with advances in genealogy and breeding leading to 21 new records for the heaviest pumpkin since 1993. This year breaks another record with a pumpkin coming in at 2,819 pounds. Much like horse breeders, victorious pumpkins are put out to stu...

#gold? Gold is a traditional gift in Vietnam (connoting luck), so at a record $4,380 per ounce globally, wedding season is getting very expensive. Vietnam's gold demand is roughly 55 tons per year, the highest in the region, but it only imported 13.5 tons last year. Demand remains high, though, and people aren't sellin...

with headphones? A shift in music consumption over the past several decades has subtly changed the way that music is produced: the preponderance of headphone usage. In 2025, over 455 million headphones were sold worldwide, 59 percent more than the level in 2014, with 78 percent of streaming consumers listening to music...

..for most the answer is NO! The latest data on U.S. households from Parks Associates places traditional pay television in just 41 percent of households, while 91 percent subscribe to at least one streaming video service. Most households subscribe to more than that, averaging six streaming video subscriptions and spend...

Haven't filled your deer tag? Didn't draw a deer tag? Maybe don't have time to hunt? We're here to help! The famous recipe on how to make beef taste like venison! No. 1: Start by purchasing a steer approximately one year before cutting date. No. 2: Feed the steer only wild berries, slough grass, weeds, sage and tree b...

....alchool sales For years, college football stadiums prohibited the sale of alcoholic beverages so they could, you know, keep up the whole charade. However, over the course of the 2010s, many stadiums gave in and started selling booze. After all, those coaches don't pay for themselves. An investigation sought to find...

...abandoned oil wells Abandoned oil wells pose a threat to groundwater and emit methane. The question of how best to handle their cleanup is an issue that lots of states are just beginning to handle. At the national level, there are an estimated 2,500 inactive wells on federal lands managed by the Park Service, of whi...