November 19, 2012 0 Hoofing It From 1920 through 1933, the sale, manufacturing, and/or transportation of alcohol was unlawful in the United [...]
November 16, 2012 0 Vodka and Cola In 1992, with an incredible amount of fanfare, Pepsi announced Crystal Pepsi, a clear cola beverage aimed at [...]
November 15, 2012 0 Holy Toledo Ask any college football fan about rivalries, and the long-standing friendly (okay, not so friendly) [...]
November 14, 2012 0 Seal Lyin’ For a brief moment in history — that is, during part of World War II — the Soviet Union and [...]
November 13, 2012 0 Cross Examination In January of 897, Pope Formosus was put on trial. He was tried for various violations of papal law, [...]
November 12, 2012 0 Patently Bald The United States Patent and Trademark Office, or USPTO, has issued plenty of ridiculed patents over the [...]
November 9, 2012 0 Saved by the Bell George Washington, the first President of the United States, died on December 14, 1799. He was interred four [...]
November 8, 2012 0 Starving Garfield Garfield, the cartoon, debuted in 1978 and has been in circulation since. The strip features a cat named [...]
November 7, 2012 0 The Slaves of Tromelin Island Tromelin Island is a small dot of land — about a third of a square mile, or .8 square kilometers [...]
November 6, 2012 0 De Grote Donorshow People typically come with two healthy kidneys. We only need one in order to survive, and therefore, the [...]