December 29, 2014 0 Through the No-Looking Glass Frosted glass — you can see a picture of some here — is a special type of glass which is [...]
December 24, 2014 0 A Fuzzy Itinerary How far can you get on $52? If you’re in North or Central America, how about all the way to Tokyo, for [...]
December 23, 2014 0 The Tongue Ice cream is, in a word, wonderful. It’s probably not the world’s most perfect food — [...]
December 22, 2014 0 The Replacements Josef Stalin ruled the Soviet Union for more than three decades, using the threat of violence and death as a [...]
December 19, 2014 0 Ye Olde Mispronunciation Pictured above is the sign for a Mexican restaurant called “Ye Olde Taco House #1,” found via a Google [...]
December 18, 2014 0 You Know It If They See It The issue of pornography finds its way in front of American courtrooms every once in a while. This happens [...]
December 17, 2014 0 Spite Thy Neighbor Pictured above is two or three houses, depending on how one defines the term “house.” The middle [...]
December 15, 2014 0 The Long But Not the Short of It The Guinness Book of World Records is the de facto standard-bearer for, well, world records. If you want to [...]
December 11, 2014 0 The Lake That Killed Its Neighbors Lake Nyos, pictured above, is located in western Cameroon, tucked away near the Nigerian border. [...]
December 10, 2014 0 Transposition Position In early December, 2005, a Japanese telecom company called J-Com made its debut on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. [...]