“This year, I was offered $20 million … I said no. I’m sorry; if I sell it, it’s gone forever.” The story of the Bay Area man who still runs the first-ever Round Table Pizza.

+ Cool video: How Bowling Balls Are Made.

+ In China, a man was banned from all-you-can-eat BBQ for eating too much. (This is why I spread my visits to the Sizzler across multiple locations.)

+ Kids in Vermont got to name some of the state’s snowplows. (Given what they came up with, I may have to hire some of them to be NextDraft interns.)