Baseball Star Sean Doolittle Pitches Indie Bookstores

World Series-bound Washington Nationals star reliever Sean Doolittle also pitches regularly for independent bookstores, as he discussed recently on CBS This Morning: Saturday.

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"A fifth part of The Tale of Genji, which was completed around 1010 by a woman later named Murasaki Shikibu, has been found in a house in Tokyo," the Guardian reported.

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Pop Quiz: "Do you know what languages these words come from?" Merriam-Webster challenged.

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Australia's "first published dictionary was dedicated to 'convict slang,' " Atlas Obscura reported.

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"The Boston Public Library is offering four free wedding ceremonies," Mental Floss noted.

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