November 28, 2012 0 Off the Hook Over the last decade or so, cell phones have become as important to our everyday lives as any other object. [...]
November 27, 2012 0 Leaning Out Pictured above is the Elizabeth Tower, home of the famous clock bell, Big Ben. On the left, the angle of the [...]
November 26, 2012 0 Spin It to Win It Imagine you’re at a bar and another patron offers you the following wager. He’s going to flip a [...]
November 21, 2012 0 Brown Friday The day after Thanksgiving has a special moniker in the United States: Black Friday, which is now commonly a [...]
November 20, 2012 0 A Spy’s Doody Espionage can be dirty work. And as American, French, and British spies learned during the Cold War, [...]
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, [...]