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11 Things You Might Not Know About the Pledge

It was first printed on this day in 1892.

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Best Thing: An End to the Summer From Hell

Hingston: We’ve never, ever been so ready for back-to-school.

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Welcome to Philly’s Robot Revolution

Meet Flo. She’s going to take out your trash, help you exercise, have sex with you and be your BFF. (And we do mean forever.)

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10 Things You Might Not Know About College Mascots

Now that we’re in the midst of March Madness, a few facts about those bizarre creatures without whom basketball wouldn’t be basketball.

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Best Thing: Chase Utley’s Standing Ovation

Hingston: On his first game back in Philly, Utley brought the house down.

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11 Things About the Philadelphia Folk Festival

Beatniks! Zoning fights! Theft rings! Buffy Sainte-Marie! 55 years of guitars under the stars

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The Best Thing That Happened This Week: Wawa Went to Rio

Well, metaphorically speaking, that is.

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10 Things You Might Not Know About Eddie Fisher

Or, how a nice Jewish boy from South Philly grew up to marry Debbie Reynolds, Liz Taylor and Connie Stevens.

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The Best This Week: Zion Harvey’s First Pitch

If you ever get to feeling sorry for yourself, think of him.

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11 Things You Might Not Know About the Saturday Evening Post

How a Maine transplant turned a dying Philly publication into the most popular magazine in the world

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Best Thing: History Got Made Here. Again.

Hingston: After 240 years, of course it was in Philly.

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11 Things You Might Not Know About Owney, the Post Office Dog

How a wayward pup became a celebrity — with a boost from John Wanamaker.

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Best Thing: The Ocean City Seagull Crackdown

Hingston: Hurling those Cheetos could get you three months in jail, kid.

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11 Things You Might Not Know About Legionnaires’ Disease

Forty years ago, U.S. veterans arrived in town for a convention. They wound up with a tragedy of national proportions.

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Best Thing: We Made It Through the SEPTA Slowdown

Hingston: You’re pretty resourceful, Philly, once you get past the grumbling.