Today in 2003, the filing of a lawsuit that led to a fascinating and significant phenomenon here in the Information Age: it’s known as the Streisand Effect. Plus: for World Bee Day, the story of a 2014 art project created in part by bees!

Streisand files $50 million lawsuit over aerial photos (SFGate)

Artist Aganetha Dyck Collaborates with Bees to Create Sculptures Wrapped in Honeycomb (Colossal)

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Today in 1953, Ohio became a state... which was weird because Ohio had already been a state for a century and a half. Technicalities can be that way. Plus: for National Pizza Party Day, the story of a guy in Nashville who used social media to connect people in need with donors willing to send a little pizza their way.

Ohio: The 48th State? (Ohio History Connection)

Nashville man helps hundreds of people in need get a free pizza every week (NewsChannel 5 Nashville)

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This month in 1927, Americans were fawning over an animal at the National Zoo in Washington: a presidential hippo named Billy. Plus: starting today in Elizabeth City, it’s the North Carolina Potato Festival.

The Presidential Hippopotamus at the National Zoo (WETA)

North Carolina Potato Festival

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Today in 1857, the birthday of Williamina Fleming, a big name in the world of astronomy but one who had a pretty low-profile start. Plus: starting tomorrow in Illinois, it’s the Long Grove Chocolate Festival.

Williamina Fleming, From Scottish Maid to Harvard Astronomer (New England Historical Society)

Long Grove Chocolate Festival

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There may be no more important part of road safety than the bright red stop sign, though in the early days, they weren’t red. Plus: Leonardo the tortoise went missing from his home in England; after nine months, he didn't exactly get that far.

Stop Signs Used to Be Yellow—More Recently Than You Think (Readers Digest)

Tortoise missing for months found a mile from home (BBC)

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Today in 1940, Life Magazine published a series of photos of a little boy in Liberty County, Georgia - photos that, two decades later, would inspire one of the most famous picture books ever published. Plus: this Saturday in South Bend, Indiana, it’s the Donut & Beer Festival.

The Enduring Footprints of Peter, Ezra Jack Keats, and The Snowy Day (The Horn Book)

Donut & Beer Festival

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It's United Nations Global Road Safety Week, so here's the story of a driver in Ireland who seemed to be breaking every traffic law on the books... until the authorities figured out there was something more to their story. Plus: underway this week in Washington state, it’s the Spokane Lilac Festival.

Dictionary helps crack case of notorious Polish serial offender (Irish Times)

Spokane Lilac Festival (Visit Spokane)

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Commencement season is here, which means a lot of people hearing a composition known as “Pomp and Circumstance.” Though that piece of music was not written with graduation in mind. Plus: today in 2023, a herd of cows help catch a guy who'd fled a traffic stop (!)

The Beautiful Irony of Pomp and Circumstance (WCRB)

After man flees traffic stop, cows lead officers "directly to where the suspect was hiding," North Carolina police say (CBS News)

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