This week’s lifestyle articles included surprising nature stories, surprising food reveals, and a cicada infestation warning for homeowners.
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If you missed this week’s Lifestyle, check out our top headlines, including what happened to rare wolves, cool tips for growing pumpkins from world record growers, surprising nature news, and more. (iStock; David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images; provided by Excel Pest Services)
Weirdness and Hot Topics
A TikTok user recently uploaded a video showing how McDonald’s prices in California increased before and after the recent minimum wage increase. Click here to get the story.
We say “break a leg” or “bite the bullet” almost without thinking, but where do these expressions come from? Click here to get the story.
A library in Colorado recently received a book that was due to be returned over a century ago. And look, there are no late fees! Click here to get the story.
Copies of “Ivanhoe: A Romance” were returned to the Poudre Library for the first time in nearly 105 years, the day after they were due to be returned. (Poodle Library)
delicious food
Find out how Georgia became known for peanuts, a legume “superfood” native to South America. Click here to get the story.
A New Jersey food truck specializing in bananas is serving delicious frozen treats as a “clean and refreshing” snack from April through September. Click here to get the story.
Amanda Bananas operates out of a food truck in Hoboken, New Jersey, serving fruity soft-serve ice cream from April through September. (Original Amanda Banana)
wild nature
In new footage released by National Geographic, a young penguin is seen bravely diving 50 feet into the water below for its first swim. Click here to get the story.
Wildlife officials recently launched an investigation after hunters reported catching what they believed was a coyote, but further genetic testing revealed the catch was much rarer. Click here to get the story.
The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said the animal killed in Calhoun County in Michigan’s southern Lower Peninsula was not a coyote. Experts spoke in detail about this shocking discovery. (St. Petersburg)
house and home
Two friends from Texas bought real estate together as friends and are now advising others on the “home before spouse” concept. Click here to get the story.
Trillions of cicadas are expected to emerge in the United States this spring. Experts reveal what homeowners need to know before they arrive. Click here to get the story.
This spring, countless cicadas will emerge. Here’s what you need to know about these insects in advance. (Provided by Excel Pest Service)
great outdoors
Japan plans to gift 250 new cherry blossom trees to the United States. Here’s why: Click here to get the story.
An Oregon woman reeled in a record-breaking fish, but it turned out to be a species she’d never seen before. Let her learn about her strange looking prey. Click here to get the story.
Rebecca Jones of Tillamonk, Oregon, captured a record-breaking monkey face spiny last week. (Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife)
Better plant it!
Here are 12 insights and tips for creating a thriving vegetable garden this spring and summer. Click here to get the story.
Read on for 5 fool-proof tips for growing giant pumpkins in your backyard by fall. First tip: Plant your seeds this spring. Click here to get the story.
Some people in America have grown record-breaking pumpkins that eventually weighed hundreds or even thousands of pounds. (David L. Ryan/Boston Globe via Getty Images)
american ingenuity
Introducing Deborah Adler, an American woman from New York. Inspired by her grandmother, a Holocaust survivor, she wanted to make her prescription drugs safer and their labels clearer and easier to understand for everyone. Click here to get the story.
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Deborah Adler took inspiration from her grandmother’s medication mistakes to design a more intuitive system for prescription bottles (see image at left). (Joe Tabacca/Bloomberg via Getty Images, provided by Deborah Adler)
message of faith
Evangelist Rev. Franklin Graham is in Poland and is scheduled to address a crowd of thousands in Krakow on Saturday, April 13, as part of his continuing “God Loves You” tour. His first stop was Auschwitz. Click here to get the story.
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The Rev. Franklin Graham, who runs the Billy Graham Evangelistic Society and Samaritan’s Purse, visited Auschwitz ahead of this weekend’s “God Loves You” event in Krakow. (Billy Graham Evangelistic Association)
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