August 28, 2012 0 Titanic’s Star Wars In 1997, Titanic made its box office debut — and set a then-record lifetime gross domestic take of [...]
August 27, 2012 0 Knuckle Head If you crack your knuckles, you’ll develop arthritis — or so the old wives’ tale goes. But [...]
August 24, 2012 0 Civil War On November 17, 1810 Sweden declared war on the United Kingdom. The two sides were at odds for more than a [...]
August 23, 2012 0 Down the Rabbit Hole The British colonization of Australia began in 1788 with the founding of New South Wales. In 1850, the [...]
August 22, 2012 0 South Korea’s Reverse Gold Rush In 1997, many countries in Asia’s Pacific Rim suffered from a massive financial crisis which threatened [...]
August 21, 2012 0 Winning Receipts Government-run lotteries are not uncommon. Pass over a buck or two and you get a ticket, which, if [...]
August 20, 2012 0 Kaninhoppning There are many strange competitions in this world. There’s extreme ironing, toe wrestling, and the [...]
August 17, 2012 0 Life in the Fast Lane Speeding may earn you a ticket. And in most cases, it will cost you maybe $150 or 100 Euros. For many people, [...]
August 16, 2012 0 Monkey Island Cayo Santiago is a small island about half a mile off the southeast coast of Puerto Rico. Shaped like an [...]
August 15, 2012 0 The Sound of Silence Sometimes, one just needs a bit of peace and quiet. Not for serenity (well, that too), but for scientific [...]