Have a question about the Detroit region or the people who live here? Anything you’ve always wondered about, found strange or downright confusing?
Meet CuriosiD — a series for the inquisitive. You ask the questions and WDET helps you find answers.
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CuriosiD: Where Does Detroit’s Yard Waste Go?
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CuriosiD: Why Does Michigan Avenue Have Brick Pavers?
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CuriosID: Could Electric Cars Increase Pollution?
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CuriosiD: Rumor of a British Bomber Crash In a Detroit Neighborhood Haunts a Listener
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CuriosiD: Why Is Detroit Sometimes Called “The Paris of the Midwest?”
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CuriosiD: What is the History of Detroit’s Times Square?
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CuriosiD: How Did Detroit Become a Center for Arabs in the United States?
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CuriosiD: That Waterway in Detroit, Is it a Strait or a River?
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CuriosiD: What’s Happened at the State Fairgrounds?
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CuriosiD: Lewis Cass, Michigan Governor, Architect of Indian Removal
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June 27, 2017
CuriosiD: Was there busing in Detroit in the early 1960’s?
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June 20, 2017
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May 30, 2017
CuriosiD: Are There Salt Mines Under Detroit?
Pat Batcheller
May 15, 2017
CuriosiD: Who Were the Natives in Detroit?
Laura Herberg
April 30, 2017
CuriosiD: Did Detroit Have “Colored-Only” Signs?
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April 26, 2017
CuriosiD: What’s That Smell?
Shelby Jouppi
April 10, 2017
CuriosiD: Why are there 5 Grosse Pointes?
Quinn Klinefelter
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CuriosiD: What Happens to the Stuff I Recycle?
Shelby Jouppi
October 3, 2016
CuriosiD: Why Doesn’t Detroit Have A Subway Or Elevated Rail?
Pat Batcheller
August 22, 2016
CuriosiD: Who Chooses Detroit’s “Tax-Free” Renaissance Zones?
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August 11, 2016
CuriosiD: What’s the Origin of the Boston Cooler?
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CuriosiD: Did Detroit Ever Have A ‘Gayborhood’?
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June 6, 2016
CuriosiD: What’s the Story Behind the NBC Building in Midtown Detroit?
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May 23, 2016
CuriosiD: What Are Water Towers Used for Today?
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May 9, 2016
CuriosiD: Why Do Police “Shoot to Kill”?
Jake Neher
April 21, 2016
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January 4, 2016
CuriosiD: Why Are There Swastikas in Parts of Indian Village?
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CuriosiD: When Detroit was Armed with Missiles
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CuriosiD: What was the 1932 Ford Hunger March?
Annamarie Sysling
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July 27, 2015
CuriosiD: Former Tenant of this Man’s Apartment Reformed the Auto Industry
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CuriosiD: Who is Louis Stone in Detroit’s history?
Annamarie Sysling
March 15, 2015
CuriosiD: The History of Detroit’s Water Works Park
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