June 4, 2015 0 How the Aurora Borealis Almost Sent Humanity Over the Brink On October 27, 1962, the world held its collective breath as Cold War tension between the United States and [...]
June 3, 2015 0 The Great Bread Squeezing Crime Spree of the Late 1990s It began in 1997. Grocery stores in Bucks County, Pennsylvania — about 45 miles from Philadelphia [...]
June 2, 2015 0 How to Get a Good Cry In When In Japan Crying, many people believe, can be cathartic — a good way to relieve stress and let other emotions [...]
June 1, 2015 0 America’s Most Wanted’s Strangest Capture The Green Parrot Cafe, according to the cover of its menu, was “a private club” in Salt Lake [...]
May 29, 2015 0 The Best Proof Ever that Fast Food is Typically Bad for You Pictured above is something you already knew: the meal on the left, a typical fast food combo, isn’t all [...]
May 28, 2015 0 The Curious Origins of Cotton Candy Dental floss? That’s good for your teeth and gums. Fairy floss? If you’re in Australia, you already know [...]
May 27, 2015 0 Why Do Coupons Have a Cash Value of a Fraction of a Cent? Pictured above is a pretty generic coupon — in fact, I found it via a Google Image Search for [...]
May 26, 2015 0 The Key that Opens 9,000 Bathrooms in the United Kingdom In the United States, public places often have two restrooms — one for men, one for women — and [...]
May 21, 2015 0 The Village in Kazakhstan That Can’t Stay Awake The village of Kalachi, Kazakhstan, is located in the center of the country toward the north (here’s a [...]
May 20, 2015 0 The History of Fondue and the Cheese Cartel that Popularized It Take a mix of cheeses — gruyere as one, if you’re going authentic — and toss it into an [...]