I was talking to my mom the other day about Skippers restaurants. Anyone else remember those? They were a seafood restaurant and looked like this:

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There used to be one in Lewiston, but they closed in 2013, apparently.

Anyway, that brought me to Wikipedia, where I learned that it was founded in Bellevue, Washington. Then it was Wikipedia Rabbit Hole Fun Time Party, which led to me discovering the following random thingies:

• Pita Pit has its US headquarters in Coeur d’Alene but is originally Canadian. (“Pita Pit” article)
• The Pizza Hut Book It! program was apparently heavily criticized for a while, as some argued that it incentivized reading with junk food. However, studies showed that participation in the program neither increased nor decreased motivation to read in children [y’all can suck it; the Book It! program was awesome.] (“Pizza Hut” article)
• Cracker Barrel is a frequent collaborator with Dolly Parton and was actually the force behind getting Dolly to sing a remix of her song “Jolene” with Pentatonix (“Cracker Barrel” article)
• They apparently also used to be able to fire employees if they did not display “normal heterosexual values,” but abolished that policy in 1991. Still, though.
• The Bill Chipman Palouse Trail (the one that runs, in part, from Moscow to Pullman) crosses Paradise Creek 12 times. I didn’t ever realize it was that many (“Bill Chipman Palouse Trail” article)
• The roof of the Kibbie Dome won the “Structural Engineering Achievement Award” in 1976 (“Kibbie Dome” article)
• The negative health effects of asbestos were documented as early as 1898 (“Asbestos” article)

FUN! It’s been a while since I’ve done a true random wander around the Wiki.