June 30, 2020 0 When It’s OK to Lose Your Head As a general rule, you don’t want to lose your head, especially not literally — it contains your [...]
June 29, 2020 0 Lithuania’s Long, Strange Trip to Barcelona On July 25, 1992, the Spanish city of Barcelona hosted the Summer Olympics, but these games were a bit [...]
June 26, 2020 0 The Weekender, June 26, 2020 Hi! If you’re new to this email newsletter, the Friday emails are a bit different, as [...]
June 25, 2020 0 The Robutts That Protect Your Phone Twenty years or so ago, using the term “butt dial” would have earned you a fair number of odd [...]
June 23, 2020 0 The Unique Car That Went to a Unique Place When it comes to innovations in automobile design and technology, car companies need a way to test their [...]
June 22, 2020 0 Why You Shouldn’t Always Read Between the Lines Great works of art are analyzed and overanalyzed, as fans and scholars alike look for hidden meaning in [...]
June 19, 2020 0 The Weekender: June 19, 2020 Hi! For my birthday last year, I asked you to make a donation — whatever amount you feel [...]
June 17, 2020 0 How Dead Rabbits and Cocaine Saved Thousands of Lives On the morning of April 9, 1940, the Nazis invaded neighboring Denmark. The subsequent battle was short-lived [...]
June 16, 2020 0 How to Lose the Lottery Without Even Playing For years, state-run lotteries would use the slogan “you can’t win if you don’t [...]
June 15, 2020 0 How to Punch Your Way Out of Prison In general, if you’re in prison, fighting with others is a really easy way to get yourself in further [...]