You can tell a boat mechanic you’re careful with your boat. But your boat gets a turn to tell its side, too. These are the things Louisiana boat mechanics can figure out about a boat owner in ten minutes. 1. Zinc Anodes A boat mechanic checks the zinc anodes before almost anything else on the…
Indiana caps a single cold medicine buyer at 7.2 grams of pseudoephedrine every 30 days, a limit written into Indiana Code 35-48-4-14.7 and enforced through the state’s NPLEx tracking system. Federal law allows nine grams. The store checks that limit at the counter. Reading the box is left up to you. These are the cold…
An Allianz study found that dividing up a parent’s belongings causes more family conflict than dividing up the money ever does. These are the heirlooms Maryland families often fight over more than money. 1. A Baltimore Album Quilt A family’s Baltimore Album Quilt was never simple patchwork. Made between 1845 and 1855, each square was…
You set up a Gmail account or an Apple ID once, but the account recovery settings buried underneath it rarely get a second look… until you loose access. These are the account recovery settings Wisconsinites should fix before they need them. 1. The Recovery Phone Number Google leans on one phone number to prove an…
Britling Cafeteria opened its doors in downtown Birmingham in 1917, and Alabama spent much of the 20th century lining up behind a cafeteria tray. Almost none of those cafeterias are still open. Many of the chains that came after them are gone too. These are the restaurant chains Alabamians still miss years after they closed….
Chattanooga Bakery has baked MoonPies in the same Tennessee building since 1917, and it still ships them by the truckload to gas stations across the state. Some orders never change. These are the gas station orders that give away a lifelong Tennessean. 1. Little Debbie off the Rack Little Debbie snack cakes have come out…
Less than 4% of North America’s original tallgrass prairie is still standing, according to the National Park Service. Most of what survived is rolling across the Kansas Flint Hills. Oklahoma has nothing like it, and that’s not the only area Kansas comes out ahead. These are the things Kansas does better that Oklahomans won’t admit….
Until 2020, Kentucky was the only state where a vet who spotted animal cruelty had no legal way to report it, per the Animal Welfare Institute. State law finally caught up. Luckily, most vet visits never get anywhere close to that point. These are the things a Kentucky veterinarian can tell about a pet’s home…
Arkansas’s two U.S. senators couldn’t agree on how to pronounce the state’s name. The General Assembly ended the debate in 1881 by writing the official pronunciation into state law. Out-of-staters still get it wrong, and Arkansans still correct them. These are the things that give an Arkansan away the moment they leave the state. 1….
A University of Wisconsin field study on North Dakota’s settlement history found German-Russian families made up more than 40% of Stark County’s population by 1910. Families like those left North Dakota’s kitchens with dish names that still trip up anyone who didn’t grow up saying them. These are the North Dakota foods locals love that…
