Dan Lewis

<a href="http://nowiknow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Now I Know</a> is  a free daily email newsletter where I share fascinating facts and the stories behind them. Readers have learned that Abraham Lincoln created the secret service – <a href="http://nowiknow.com/abraham-lincoln-created-the-secret-service-the-day-he-was-shot/" rel="nofollow">on the day he was shot, that carrots </a><a href="http://nowiknow.com/carrots-were-originally-purple/" rel="nofollow">used to be purple</a>, how turkey (the bird/food) <a href="http://nowiknow.com/how-turkey-got-its-name/" rel="nofollow">got its name, </a><a href="http://nowiknow.com/archives/" rel="nofollow">and a whole lot more</a>. I've been writing Now I Know since June of 2010.  I publish every weekday, and when people ask me how I do it, I tell them the same thing: it's a lot of work, but it's worth it. I love to share all the interesting things I learn about, and I now have a great way to do it. I spend dozens of hours each month -- okay, maybe each week -- researching, writing, and setting up the emails that I've been sending out for free for years. It's important to me that the newsletter be a free experience because the whole point is to share.  I've been fortunate enough to write a couple of books and find some great organizations who have published some of my articles over the years, which is great -- I get to reach more and more people, and get paid for it.  But as you probably know, ads aren't really a great way to sustain projects like this. Plus, I'd like to do more with Now I Know, but ads are increasingly more of a crutch than a springboard. So I'm trying this. Please give what you can but there's no need to -- I'm going to keep writing (there will just be ads!) even if this doesn't work. There's no obligation and there never will be -- the Now I Know newsletter will always be free, and hopefully, always be interesting, too.

Free

Support me at this level and you'll get my thanks. Well, you would have had it anyway, because I'm big on thank yous. But this is a special thank you. At 20 issues a month (and I send closer to 22), this is 5 cents an issue.

A Big Thank You!

Support me at this level and you'll get an even bigger thank you! It's twice as big as the $1 one -- that's why it's in ALL CAPS. Well, you would have had it anyway, because I'm big on thank yous. But this is a special thank you. Doubly special. (I stole this idea from Crash Course's Patreon, by the way. They're awesome.) At 20 issues a month, this is 10 cents an issue.

A REALLY BIG THANK YOU!

One thank you, but times five. I don't know how to make it any bigger in a description, so let's call it a premium Thank You. At 20 issues a month, this is 25 cents an issue.

AN EVEN BIGGER THANK YOU!

Now we're just getting to a ridiculous amount of thanks. There are no words to describe it. At 20 issues a month, this is 50 cents an issue.

AN EVEN BIGGER BIG THANK YOU!

THIS IS THE HIGHEST POSSIBLE LEVEL OF THANKS ONE CAN OFFER. AND IT IS LIMITED EDITION! It is, also, here for the "Decoy Effect."

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