June 20, 2012 0 Barbie’s Diet Plan The Barbie doll was first unveiled by Mattel on March 9, 1959. The doll, the creation of a woman named Ruth [...]
June 19, 2012 0 Bearing Arms In January of 1944, Europe was in the throes of war, and seemingly nothing (save perhaps for Switzerland) was [...]
June 18, 2012 0 Miles and Miles The distance from New York to Los Angeles is about 2,800 miles. From Cairo to Johannesburg, about 4,000 [...]
June 15, 2012 0 Super Seed Bank The picture above looks like something out of theĀ Empire Strikes BackĀ — perhaps an entrance to the [...]
June 14, 2012 0 In the Year 1982 Technology moves quickly. Things that, early on, look like winners, often die out soon thereafter. In 1996, [...]
June 13, 2012 0 Sandwich Law There are many Mexican restaurant chains in the United States, most notably Chipotle, Qdoba, Taco del Mar, [...]
June 12, 2012 0 Richard Parker Famed writer Edgar Allan Poe wrote 70 poems and 66 short stories during his 40 years on this planet, but [...]
June 11, 2012 0 February 30th Thirty days has September, April, June, and November. That little rhyme is a common way to remember the [...]
June 8, 2012 0 Grass-o-s The smell of a freshly mown lawn is uniquely identifiable and for most, immediately brings with it feelings [...]
June 7, 2012 0 Expletive Deleted Stub a toe? Yell out the F-word. That may be something one does out of habit, reflexively, but don’t be [...]