Today is National Hammock Day.
Photo by Angelina Kichukova on Unsplash.
On the Lighter Side
The 2025 list of the Top 50 Pizzerias is out. Philadelphia’s Pizzeria Bedia, as well as Bricco of Haddon Township, NJ, are among them.
Visit Philadelphia’s hoagie guide has been updated for 2025.
Again this year, the winner of the Cheesemonger Invitational has ties to Philadelphia.
Are you ready to grow your business?
Mergers and acquisitions are a good way to expand a company’s market. For example, Ferrero, maker of Nutella, plans to purchase W.W. Kellogg. Can Nutella Pop Tarts be far behind? Home Depot is moving beyond the DIY market with plans to acquire GMS, a company that provides professionals with building supplies.
If you are considering expanding your markets, Asterion can assist you with the process.
FYI
Political endorsements by church officials will be permissible, according to the IRS.
A database of legal decisions involving AI hallucination cases is available. The highest number of incidents to date have occurred in the United States.
Trends We’re Watching
Insurers are opposing state efforts to end surprise ambulance bills.
What’s Puzzling Us
A collector in Japan paid over $10 million for the original (used) Birkin handbag at a recent auction.
The world’s most accurate clock has achieved precision to the 19th decimal. What will this level of accuracy mean for recording billable hours?
What Doesn’t Surprise Us At All
Tarantulas smell nothing like baked goods, so smuggling the arachnids in cake boxes failed.
The CGI dog in the new Superman reboot has generated growing interest in adopting actual dogs.
Phillips, an art auction house, has filed suit to collect the funds due from a wealthy bidder for a Jackson Pollack sold recently at auction.
Thread Recommendations
Start increasing your cash reserves now. Iconic film props, including Darth Vader’s light saber, Sauron’s helmet, and a Men in Black neuralyzer, will be auctioned off in September.
A second mass grave of Irish rail workers, which may be connected to the first discovered at Duffy’s Cut, appears to be located in Downingtown.
Stolen historic documents used as a collateral for a loan were recovered from an attic in the Netherlands.
A new riverfront park has opened in Philadelphia. Borski Park reconnects Bridesburg with the Delaware River.
Here are the winning photographs from the 2025 International Aerial Photography contest. Also, the photos shortlisted for Astronomy Photographer of the Year have been announced.
Pack of Lies or Lack of Pies? William Archibald Spooner was born on this day in 1844. He was a historian who served for many years as the Warden of New College, Oxford. He is best remembered for his slips of the tongue, which became known as Spoonerisms.
After eight years of work, archaeologists in Peru have introduced the 3,500 year-old city of Penico.
Watch List
Plan 9 from Outer Space, known as both a cult classic and (possibly) the worst movie ever made, premiered on this day in 1959.
Spotlight on Mergers & Acquisitions
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