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Matt Kaufax

Washington, D.C., United States

Features Reporter @WTOP | Occasional filmmaker | Cinephile | @sagaftra member | Contributor @IB_SportsNetwork | @SyracuseU alum 🍊

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  • This obscure marker at DC’s WWII Memorial is thought to be the first ever meme

    1 week ago | wtop.com | Matt Kaufax

    This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker. In order to view the video you must disable your ad blocker. Carved into two hidden alcoves at D.C.’s WWII Memorial is an inscription that reads: “Kilroy was here.”That phrase, accompanied by a cartoon doodle of a bald man with a long nose peeking over a wall, were at one time known all over the world by American servicemen.

  • Museum spotlight: Lesser-known Italian art and history await in DC

    2 weeks ago | wtop.com | Matt Kaufax

    This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker. In order to view the video you must disable your ad blocker. Looking for a quintessential museum experience in a place you might not have been before? You might want to check out the Italian American Museum of Washington DC.

  • Inside the DC plant processing hundreds of millions of gallons of waste water

    2 weeks ago | wtop.com | Matt Kaufax

    This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker. In order to view the video you must disable your ad blocker. Do you ever think about what happens to all that water you flush down the toilet — or that goes down the sink? In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax is back at DC Water’s Blue Plains treatment plant with a look at how the D.C. area’s waste water actually gets recycled and put back into the Potomac River.

  • Spring in Bloom: Making fertilizer from every flush in the DC region

    3 weeks ago | wtop.com | Matt Kaufax

    This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker. In order to view the video you must disable your ad blocker. What if we told you that every time you answer nature’s call, your contribution is being converted into some of the most efficient fertilizer on the market?

  • Exploring the Smithsonian Natural History Museum’s rare dinosaur fossil archives

    3 weeks ago | wtop.com | Matt Kaufax

    This page contains a video which is being blocked by your ad blocker. In order to view the video you must disable your ad blocker. Deep in the bowels of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, you’ll find something hardly anyone knows about or gets to see in person: A hidden vault that tells the story of life on earth from hundreds of millions of years ago.

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Matt Kaufax
Matt Kaufax @MattKaufax
30 Jul 24

A little snippet from my latest feature on an Arlington, VA teen who is pushing the limits of motor racing! Such a cool story! Watch Hudson’s fantastic journey on @WTOP and follow me on Instagram (@mkaufax) and TikTok @mattabouttown_) for more stories like this! https://t.co/AD0PBMs9NP

Matt Kaufax
Matt Kaufax @MattKaufax
26 Jul 24

RT @WTOP: In today’s episode of “Matt About Town,” WTOP’s Matt Kaufax brought his buns and his appetite over to Z-Burger in Northwest D.C.…

Matt Kaufax
Matt Kaufax @MattKaufax
26 Jul 24

RT @WTOP: In D.C., history is all around us. But have you ever explored the city's prehistoric past? In today’s episode of Matt About Town…