I would have to describe my personal favorite genre of “fun fact” as “facts that make me say: ‘huh—well isn’t that neat?’” And, whew, did I recently learn a great one: 4/20/2024 is a palindrome. For ...

This week, many Americans celebrated “palindrome week” -- a string of days in which the date is the same whether written forward or backward. For example, 9/10/19 is "91/01/9" backward -- if you take ...