August 10, 2010 0 The First First Amendment The United States Constitution was became effective in March of 1789, but many wished that it contained an [...]
August 9, 2010 0 Flies Fear Ugly Bags of Mostly Water The song “Shoo Fly, Don’t Bother Me!” was published in 1869 — almost 140 years [...]
August 6, 2010 0 The Protest Candidate Who Won Mickey Mouse. Bugs Bunny. None of the Above. Jon Gnarr. Come election day, a vote for each of the first [...]
August 5, 2010 0 Why Pisa’s Tower Leans Want to watch a video version of this story? Click above! Doesn’t work? Click here!(It’s [...]
August 4, 2010 0 John Wilkes Booth’s Heroic Brother On April 14, 1865, just days after the end of the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln attended a [...]
August 3, 2010 0 The Strategy Behind Rock Paper Scissors The rules are simple: Rock smashes scissors, scissors cut paper, paper covers rock. Each option perfectly [...]
August 2, 2010 0 Imperialist Monkeys Chimpanzees are regularly referred to as being one of the more human-like members of the animal kingdom. [...]
July 30, 2010 0 Thomas the Tank Engine’s Unlikely Friend There is an episode of Sex and the City in which Carrie, the narrator/protagonist — a sex columnist for a [...]
July 29, 2010 0 A Fly On The Urinal Fly into Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport and, if you do what most people do after a long flight, you are [...]
July 28, 2010 0 Circus Trees The picture, above, isn’t of a tree. It’s of six trees, grafted together to create the weaved [...]