October 20, 2015 0 The Bright Orange Man Behind the Plate The image above comes from Major League Baseball’s 2014 World Series, as made evident by the words on [...]
October 19, 2015 0 We Use to Recycle Penicillin from Patients’ Urine Penicillin was discovered by a scientist named Alexander Fleming in September of 1928. Two years later, it [...]
October 16, 2015 0 The ATM at the Bottom of the Earth ATMs — automated teller machines — have become a ubiquitous feature in the lives of most people [...]
October 15, 2015 0 The Driver Who Sued Herself (And Won) When tragedy strikes, and after the grieving process has begun and some time has passed, the survivors of the [...]
October 14, 2015 0 How Pirating TV Shows Helps Bring Them to Legitimacy If, right this second, you want to watch a TV show or movie, your choices are immense. That choice extends [...]
October 13, 2015 0 Winnie the Pooh-Poohed Winnie the Pooh is a fictional cartoon bear, created by writer A.A. Milne in 1924. He likes honey, his [...]
October 8, 2015 0 The Not-So-Romantic Story Behind the Famous Times Square Kiss The image above, often referred to “V-J Day in Times Square” or simply “The Kiss,” is [...]
October 7, 2015 0 The Spaghetti Tree Hoax Money does not grow on trees. Neither do pineapples, for that matter — they grow like this, in case you [...]
October 6, 2015 0 The King Who Received Six Votes Out Of 240,000 The year was 1863 and Greece needed a new king. The problem: its old king, Otto, didn’t leave a [...]
October 5, 2015 0 What to Call Witnesses, According to the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States reconvenes after its summer recess on the first Monday in October. [...]