Tag: Changed

Did you know that carrots are orange because in the 1500s, the Dutch cultivated them to honor William of the House of Orange, a sort of founding father of the Netherlands? Wild carrots naturally grew in several colors — even purple — but we all think of the classic orange carrot becau...

In Rome, 193 AD entered history as the “Year of the Five Emperors”. The situation where multiple rulers ascended to the imperial throne within a year was not unique to the Roman Empire. Before this, in 68 AD, there was the “Year of the Four Emperors”, and 238 AD would become ...

I’m in my car, shaking after going to refill my prescriptions. My insurance changed. It’s now $500 to refill my son’s Epi-Pen. Sorry, to refill the generic version of an Epi-Pen. Add it to the list of everything that’s gone to complete hell in the last two yea...