This last weekend, Now I Know grew tremendously, picking up over 3,500 new subscribers – 25% growth in basically a day. Thanks for joining.

If you’re new, here are a few things you probably should know about Now I Know:

1) I publish it Monday through Friday, at roughly 6:45 AM New York time. There are times when it comes a bit later, but those are rare. I don’t publish on the weekends or on US holidays, but I’ll warn you about the day off in the previous days’ emails.

2) I always send from my personal gmail address. So if you want to comment or otherwise mention to me, just hit reply. Similarly, if you have a story suggestion, that’s the best way to let me know.

3) I try very hard to reply to all of those messages. I even reply to blank emails (which are usually caused by people reading on the phones and accidentally replying) because hey, you never know.

4) The “Related” links are Amazon affiliate links.

5) I don’t have much of an editorial calendar. I typically have one or two drafts written, at most, and there’s no real theme. For example, I don’t have a Halloween-themed issue running today.

That said, here are a few archived Now I Knows which are about candy.

The Candy Desk – a desk, in the Senate, filled with candy;

Pumpkin Saving Time – how Halloween caused Daylight Saving Time to move (to a degree);

Zapped Chocolate – a piece of chocolate lead, accidentally, to an incredible invention;

Radioactive Red – the bonus fact is about M&Ms; and,

Miranda Piker and the Chocolate Factory – the other child who visited Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, and the fate that befell her – until editors removed her from the book’s pages.

I hope you enjoy Now I Know. Thanks for reading.