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Lauren Cahn

location-pin New York Metropolitan Area

School: New York University

Expertise: knowledge, crime, history, British Royal family, riddles

Lauren Cahn

  • Among HuffPost's first invited bloggers and HuffPost Live's first on-camera panelists
  • Published in Mashed, Tasting Table, Eat This, Not That!, Just Great Lawyers, Grown and Flown, MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Insider and Business Insider
  • Seasoned interviewer of celebrities, including Mario Lopez, Jerry O'Connell, chef David Burke, chef Antonia Lofaso and chef Guy Fieri

Experience

Lauren has covered knowledge, history, the British royal family, true crime and riddles for Reader's Digest since 2017. Having honed her research and writing skills as an attorney in the 1990s, she became one of HuffPost's first bloggers in the early 2000s, graduated to reporting hyperlocal news in the 2010s and has been researching and writing news and features for a wide variety of publications ever since. Aside from Reader's Digest, her work has appeared in Mashed, Tasting Table, Eat This, Not That!, Grown and Flown, MSN, Yahoo, AOL, Insider, Business Insider and many others.

Education

Tufts University
BA, English
New York University School of Law
JD

Articles

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18 Smartest Dog Breeds, Ranked for Intelligence

Your pup is one smart cookie, but is it among the most intelligent dog breeds? Find out with our science-backed ranking.
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9 Things Princess Diana Lost After Her Divorce from Prince Charles

Princess Diana lost her title, true, but she also lost a lot more when she split from Prince Charles—physically and emotionally.
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The Most Popular Dog Breeds in Every State

Yes, we know you love your Labrador retrievers—it is, after all, the most popular dog breed in the United States for 26 years and running (followed by German shepherds and golden retrievers to round out the top three), according to the American Kennel Club. Of course, that's just the "popular vote." When you break it down state-by-state, a different story emerges.