October 28, 2015 0 The Bathrobe Defense For the latter part of the 20th century, Vincent Gigante, pictured above left, was a household name in his [...]
October 27, 2015 0 P.T. Barnum’s Final Attraction In 1875, two men from Wisconsin convinced P.T. Barnum, the famed showman, to join their business — a [...]
October 26, 2015 0 The Epidemic That Saved Lives Typhus is a bacterial-borne disease which is transmitted by flea, tick, and mite bites. It can be fatal if [...]
October 23, 2015 0 The Weekender: October 23, 2015 1) “This Is The Man In India Who Is Selling States Illegally Imported Execution Drugs” (Buzzfeed, [...]
October 22, 2015 0 Why Cat Owners in Siberia Really Need to Pay Their Taxes Take out a loan and you may have to offer up something as collateral — an item of value which, if you [...]
October 21, 2015 0 When X-Rays Recorded Music The goal was simple: listen to music, specifically Western rock and roll. The problem: Those striving to [...]
October 20, 2015 0 The Bright Orange Man Behind the Plate The image above comes from Major League Baseball’s 2014 World Series, as made evident by the words on [...]
October 19, 2015 0 We Use to Recycle Penicillin from Patients’ Urine Penicillin was discovered by a scientist named Alexander Fleming in September of 1928. Two years later, it [...]
October 16, 2015 0 The ATM at the Bottom of the Earth ATMs — automated teller machines — have become a ubiquitous feature in the lives of most people [...]
October 15, 2015 0 The Driver Who Sued Herself (And Won) When tragedy strikes, and after the grieving process has begun and some time has passed, the survivors of the [...]