April 6, 2018 0 The Weekender, April 6, 2018 1) “The Real Story of the Hawaiian Missile Crisis” (GQ, 28 minutes, April 2018). Earlier this [...]
April 5, 2018 0 A Sinister Hamburger In 2002, Burger King introduced a new menu option: the veggie burger. The meat-free hamburger-like sandwich [...]
April 4, 2018 0 The Man of Many Thank Yous Let’s start today by taking a look at screenshots of three hardly-iconic scenes from three pretty [...]
April 3, 2018 0 How Overdue Parking Tickets Took Over an Innocent Person’s Life In 2008, a Chicago-area man named Brandon Preveau bought a 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo — like the one [...]
April 2, 2018 0 The Sound of World War II Planes If you’ve ever seen a World War II video, you’ve heard the sound of the German bomber planes [...]
March 30, 2018 0 The Weekender, March 30, 2018 1) “This Multibillion-Dollar Corporation Is Controlled by a Penniless Yoga Superstar” (Bloomberg [...]
March 29, 2018 0 The Therapeutic Value of a Not-Quite-Flying Pig Pigs can’t fly. That’s why the saying “when pigs fly” exists — some things will [...]
March 28, 2018 0 The Race to Determine the Fastest Man Alive The informal title of “World’s Fastest Man” is typically given to the person who wins the men’s [...]
March 27, 2018 0 Why You Can’t Steal First Base Baseball is a simple game — well, simple enough. As a batter, you need to get on base, which [...]
March 26, 2018 0 Why You Shouldn’t Eat Those “Do Not Eat” Packets Pictured above, via Consumer Reports, are some packets of silica gel. You’ll find it packaged with all [...]