All Known Rabbit Holes, In Descending Order

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All hail our new overlord: A tubby cardinal named Gary

Tiny Rabbit Holes

Sep 13, 2026

All hail our new overlord: A tubby cardinal named Gary

This week, some 9/11 observations, a proper look back at a batshit crazy movie, and some free fruit-flavored Heineken that's only missing one thing: alcohol.

Jeremy Markovich

Food Lion

Sep 3, 2026

There really is a Chinese restaurant next to nearly every Food Lion

It's been a meme for years. But one man actually ran the numbers and found proof that the correlation is very real in North Carolina. So, in this Rabbit Hole investigation, we enlisted others to help us answer a bigger question: Why?

Jeremy Markovich

Kids across North Carolina grew up reading with Dolly Parton, even after her literacy program hit a hiccup here

Reading List

Aug 28, 2026

Kids across North Carolina grew up reading with Dolly Parton, even after her literacy program hit a hiccup here

Her Imagination Library sent free books every month to any kid under five whose parents signed up. In North Carolina, the impact has been wide, but some parts of its program had to pause new signups last year. Why? Blame the budget process.

Jeremy Markovich

The Limousine-Driving Playboy Uncle who created “Big T!ts Potato Chips”

History

Aug 21, 2026

The Limousine-Driving Playboy Uncle who created “Big T!ts Potato Chips”

Every so often, a picture of an old bag of potato chips rockets around the internet. But how do we know it’s real? How did it get the name? And did the people who came up with it actually know what they were doing? We got answers from the last person who knew the man behind the meme.

Jeremy Markovich

Aug 14, 2026

Rich North Carolinians are making SUPER SKEETERS

Plus: What happens when you eat Bojangles before an NBA game, and repossessing a cool old car that doesn't work.

Jeremy Markovich

Aug 6, 2026

The only Carolina Panther to get a Madden cover barely played for them

The picture of a tackle in the fourth quarter of an exhibition game 31 years ago got onto the cover of a legendary video game. One of the players in the photo had no idea until years later.

Jeremy Markovich

Jul 31, 2026

Name a North Carolinian

That's it. That's the task.

Jeremy Markovich

There's a Honolulu, North Carolina for some reason

Craven County

Jul 28, 2026

There's a Honolulu, North Carolina for some reason

It's in Craven County, and its founder didn't exactly put a lot of thought into the name.

Jeremy Markovich

What ever happened to the 21-year-old police officer who caught Eric Rudolph?

Crime

Jul 23, 2026

What ever happened to the 21-year-old police officer who caught Eric Rudolph?

Jeff Postell was just 10 months into his first patrol job in the small town of Murphy. Then one night, he caught the man behind the bombing at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and everything changed.

Jeremy Markovich

All Known Rabbit Holes, In Descending Order

All hail our new overlord: A tubby cardinal named Gary

There really is a Chinese restaurant next to nearly every Food Lion

Kids across North Carolina grew up reading with Dolly Parton, even after her literacy program hit a hiccup here

The Limousine-Driving Playboy Uncle who created “Big T!ts Potato Chips”

Rich North Carolinians are making SUPER SKEETERS

The only Carolina Panther to get a Madden cover barely played for them

Name a North Carolinian

There's a Honolulu, North Carolina for some reason

What ever happened to the 21-year-old police officer who caught Eric Rudolph?

North Carolina Rabbit Hole