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07/15/2026

Photos: Crews began demolishing the iconic Tigerhawk water tower in Iowa City, July 10-12. See photos of the progress on July 14. See link below ⬇️

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07/15/2026

Three former Hawkeyes carried the scoring load for OKC tonight. Payton Sandfort, Bennett Stirtz and Josh Dix combined for 55 points on an efficient 20-of-44 shooting in the Thunder's 103-point effort.

Bennett Stirtz: 22 PTS, 6 AST
Payton Sandfort — 19 points
Josh Dix — 14 points

07/15/2026

Kaden Wetjen is living a moment most Hawkeye fans would have laughed about years ago. Now he is learning next to Aaron Rodgers, and that is the kind of jump from college to the league that makes you proud to see an Iowa kid in that room.

07/15/2026

He was already alive when the Eiffel Tower was just an idea 🐢

Meet Jonathan. He is 194 years old, and last month he was officially named a Guinness World Records ICON.

Believed to have hatched around 1832, Jonathan is a Seychelles giant tortoise, a species whose average life expectancy is 150 years. He has beaten that by more than four decades, making him not just the oldest living land animal on Earth, but the oldest tortoise ever recorded.

He arrived on the tiny South Atlantic island of St Helena in 1882, already fully grown, and he has never left. In the time since, he has quietly outlasted 36 US presidents, seven British monarchs, the entire Victorian age, the building of Tower Bridge and the raising of the Eiffel Tower.

"It is extraordinary to think that this gentle giant has outlived every other living creature on land, including of course the whole human race," says Joe Hollins, the island's vet.

These days Jonathan is blind and has lost his sense of smell, so Joe hand-feeds him fruit and vegetables each week, a routine that recently turned around a worrying decline in his health.

Scientists studying his DNA think they may have found part of the secret: duplicated tumour-suppressing genes and a remarkably slow metabolism.

He can't see the world anymore. He just keeps outlasting it, one slow and steady year at a time.

Image credit: Kevstan / Wikimedia Commons 📷

07/15/2026

😍 Getting older has a way of quietly rearranging your priorities.

The things that once seemed urgent begin to lose their grip. You stop chasing every invitation, every opinion, and every version of success that leaves you exhausted.

In their place come slower mornings, familiar company, glowing sunsets, warm fires, and the kind of peace you no longer feel guilty for choosing. ❤️🔥

Maybe growing older isn’t losing excitement. Maybe it’s finally recognizing what was valuable all along.

What matters more to you now than it did ten years ago?

07/15/2026

Here is something you don't see everyday. The water tower, just outside of U of I hospital, being torn down.

07/15/2026

07/12/2026

The water tower outside Kinnick Stadium in Iowa City, built in 1960, is being removed to make way for a larger replacement near Carver-Hawkeye Arena. FULL STORY⬇️

07/12/2026

McDonald's once sued... McDonald's.

And lost.

In 1996, McDonald's Corporation filed a trademark lawsuit against McDonald's Family Restaurant, a small family-owned restaurant in Fairbury, Illinois.

The restaurant had been serving customers since 1956—years before the fast-food giant became the global powerhouse it is today.

There was one more twist.

The owner's legal name was Ronald McDonald.

He wasn't using the name to imitate the famous chain.

It was his actual name.

After years of operating under the McDonald's Family Restaurant name, Ronald McDonald fought the lawsuit in court.

He won.

The court ruled that the local restaurant could continue using its longstanding name, allowing the family business to keep serving customers under the same sign it had used for decades.

It's one of the rare cases where the world's most famous fast-food company lost a trademark battle...

To a man who really was named Ronald McDonald.