Tag Archives: Now I Know

What a Great Idea!

Posted on May 29, 2018 by russtowne

Grandma’s cooking “Just like grandma used to make.” Instead of hiring chefs, a restauranteur hires real grandmas from around the world, and has them cook authentic regional dishes in his kitchen. Brilliant! Sources: Gothamist, Now I Know That’s Half the … Continue reading →

Posted in food, great ideas, Uncategorized | Tagged food, Gothamist, great ideas, Now I Know, restaurant | 4 Comments

Fascinating Facts

Posted on December 19, 2017 by russtowne

If every human alive for those 500 or so years shuffled a deck of cards, one deck per second, we’d end up with that many decks shuffled. That’s a huge number. 90,000,000,000,000,000,000. And almost certainly, each one of those decks, … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascinating Facts, Uncategorized | Tagged cards, facts, fascinating, Now I Know, shuffled | 3 Comments

An Innovative Solution to a Major Challenge

Posted on January 16, 2014 by russtowne

I love reading about fairly simple and often easy and inexpensive solutions to what at first appear to be major problems. Below is a link to an example. While I doubt that this program is the only reason for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Health, Ingenuity, Life | Tagged babirs, creativity, Finland, health, innovation, Life, lives, Now I Know, nowiknow.com | 4 Comments

Climbing The World’s Tallest Tree

Posted on December 4, 2012 by russtowne

As many of you know, I love redwood trees and live in redwood country. I love their beauty and magnificence. It is a spriritual thing to me to be among such ancient and towering living things which provide homes and … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Stories That Touched Me, Vids & Stories That Touched Me | Tagged (That's Half The Battle!), ancient, climbing the world's tallest tree, creatures, Dan Lewis, Hyperion, Now I Know, plant, Prometheus, redwood, world's tallest tree | 4 Comments

Pennies From Everywhere

Posted on October 22, 2012 by russtowne

I just read a post by Dan Lewis at Now I Know that I found interesting and thought you might too. It has been edited for brevity. To subscribe to receive daily posts from Dan: http://nowiknow.com/ Russ http://www.hopeshinesforshannon.com/Donations.html —– Forwarded … Continue reading →