MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Are There Eight Buns For Ten Hot Dogs?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Are There Eight Buns For Ten Hot Dogs?

Shopping for hot dogs can be frustrating, because the dogs, themselves, are usually sold in packs of 10…but the buns are sold in packs of 8! Why in the world do we have to endure this unequal dog-to-bun ratio? The National Hot Dog & Sausage Council (which is a real thing) asserts that the disparity…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What Does “Spick & Span” Actually Mean?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: What Does “Spick & Span” Actually Mean?

It’s Springtime again! And that means it’s time for “spring cleaning”, in the hopes of making your home, car, office, etc., look super clean & like new. Your goal should be to make your place look “spick & span”, you might say. But what does that even really mean, “spick & span”? The full phrase…

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Are Softballs Called Softballs?

MUNDANE MYSTERIES: Why Are Softballs Called Softballs?

There’s nothing soft about the 6 or 7 ounce, 11- to 12-inch ball at the center of the sport of softball. But, if it’s not soft (which it isn’t), why is a softball a softball? It actually all goes back to the “ball” that the game began with. In 1887, a group of Harvard &…