You wouldn’t think an island only 31.04 square miles with nearly 7.2 million people inhabiting it is capable of producing anything relaxing.But Hong Kong is full of surprises. Those who are drawn to cities understand the near constant energy that comes with cramming too many people in too little space. They also probably understand the need for quiet, and possess the uncanny ability to find it even in the midst of such chaos....

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  Apparently, no one actually knows why New York City is nicknamed the Big Apple. There’s a whole website called “The Big Apple” dedicated to investigating the origins of American words and phrases — specifically NYC’s most unexplained nickname. Evidently there was a horse racing reporter for the New York Morning Telegraph in the 1920s who […]

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  Do you remember the Tootsie Roll lollipop commercials with Mr. Owl, where the little boy would walk up and ask the wise bird, “Mr. Owl, how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop?” And Mr. Owl would reply, “Let’s find out: one, two, three,” and […]

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