January 30, 2013 0 Calling Dar Bizziebee Norfolk Island, flagged on the map above, is a tiny island 877 miles (1,412 kilometers) east of mainland [...]
January 29, 2013 0 Egg Egg A typical chicken egg weighs about two ounces or 50 to 60 grams. But a YouTube user named Sean Wilson found a [...]
January 28, 2013 0 Lyin’ Fries Walk into virtually any American McDonald’s and the menu is roughly the same, as is how that food is [...]
January 25, 2013 0 When Astronauts Smuggled Mail into Space The image above (much larger version here) doesn’t look like much, but the item has been [...]
January 24, 2013 0 The Making of a Million-Dollar Fly Peter A. Lawrence is a developmental biologist at the University of Cambridge’s Laboratory of Molecular [...]
January 23, 2013 0 Operation Unthinkable The European front of World War II ended in May of 1945, but, of course, the fighting did not [...]
January 22, 2013 0 Nuclear Shadows On August 6, 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Japan; three days later, a second nuke [...]
January 18, 2013 0 The Emperor On January 8, 1880, Emperor Norton I (pictured above) collapsed on his way to a lecture at a [...]
January 17, 2013 0 No Quitting Resignations from the U.S. House of Representatives happen somewhat often. For example, on June 21, 2011, [...]
January 16, 2013 0 Signs of the Times Office space in Manhattan is pricey, to say the least. And for over a century, companies have [...]