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 the [...]
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 [...]
October 4, 2013 0 Prisoner C2559 “Pep the Black,” some called him. He was an accused murderer, allegedly having taken the life of [...]
October 3, 2013 0 Esopus Spitzenburg and the Newtown Pippin In the early 1700s, somewhere in the state of New York, the world was introduced to Esopus Spitzenburg. The [...]
October 2, 2013 0 Benzing the Rules Rank the world’s nations by per-capita GDP, and you’ll find the Eastern European [...]
October 1, 2013 0 Billing Bachelors The state is nothing but a suburb of the two metropolitan cities, New York and Philadelphia.” [...]