October 22, 2013 0 Orville Redenbacher’s Worst Nightmare If you didn’t know better, you’d probably thing “diacetyl” is a type of [...]
October 21, 2013 0 Co-opted Hiss-tory Snake oil is a generic termĀ meaningĀ “a substance with no real medicinal value sold as a [...]
October 18, 2013 0 Prisencolinensinainciusol Seriously, don’t even try to pronounce that. Instead, pick a language you don’t know, but can [...]
October 17, 2013 0 Soccer City The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil, running from the 12th of June until the 13th of [...]
October 16, 2013 0 The Down Rule When it comes to academic research, especially when science or statistics are involved, the [...]
October 15, 2013 0 Crease and Desist Major sporting events don’t want objects flying around the stands or onto the field. That sounds like a [...]
October 11, 2013 0 The War on Q, W, and X There are t*enty-si* letters in the English alphabet. Children in the United States and points [...]
October 10, 2013 0 Don’t Forget the Lime It’s the early 1800s. You’re a British subject, sailing around the world, bouncing around [...]
October 9, 2013 0 The Merchant of Medals The Nobel Prizes are named for Alfred Nobel, a Swedish chemist and inventor (pictured) who, over the course [...]
October 7, 2013 0 Sending a Hidey-Ho to the World Prince Edward Island is tiny. It is the smallest, geographically, of Canada’s ten [...]