The everyday snack with a poisonous secret

by The Secret of the Day | Jul 16, 2026 | THE RECORD

One of the world’s most popular snacks is a close cousin of poison ivy — and raw, it is genuinely hazardous to handle, which is why you never see it sold the way other nuts are. Today’s secret is what it is, and why it always arrives already stripped.

The tiny thing you write daily and can’t name

by The Secret of the Day | Jul 16, 2026 | THE RECORD

There is a small mark you have written thousands of times, probably today, without knowing it has a name — one that even hides inside a common English phrase. Today’s secret is what it is called, and where the name comes from.

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