September 17, 2026
Sections
On This Day
1787 - The Constitution of the United States of America was signed by delegates at the Constitutional Convention.
Fact of the Day
After the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, NY, Olympic Village was converted to a federal prison containing 937 small cells with heavy steel doors and barred windows.
Nature Oddities
“The Lion King” was originally entitled “King of the Jungle” until the Disney team remembered that lions don’t live in the jungle.
Food and Drink
Scientists still don’t know exactly how bismuth subsalicylate, the active ingredient in Pepto-Bismol, relieves nausea, diarrhea, and stomach upset.