We often don’t give a second thought to the color of everyday items. Of course a pencil is yellow! Well, yes, a candy cane should be red and white. But these things didn’t always have these telltale colors. Some were changed – to be easier marketed, or for safety reasons. […]
In the 1960s, the story of a man and his talking horse captivated the globe. The show was Mister Ed, and it followed the hijinks of a talking horse named Mr. Ed and his keeper Wilbur Post. The show became an instant classic, and the character of Ed has popped […]
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There’s a quote attributed to EB White that goes, “Genius is more often found in a cracked pot than in a whole one.” The list below appears to confirm that, with stories about geniuses who disappeared, geniuses who vanished, and, yes, some geniuses who seem to be some flavor of […]
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Though the threat of worldwide nuclear annihilation has lessened somewhat since the end of the Cold War, the US government’s nuclear plans have gotten more sophisticated. Focus has altered from a large-scale exchange of thousands of missiles to small-scale incidents, and in response, arrangements have shifted more towards detection, prevention, […]
Often, the typical workday doesn’t resemble anything we imagined during our school years or witnessed on TV and in film. The daily grind can become mundane; hard work doesn’t always get noticed or rewarded; lunches turn into quick bites of sandwiches while we work from our desks; and long commutes […]
There’s something about enormous caverns that captures humanity’s imagination, and Devils Hole in Death Valley National Park is one of the strangest natural formations in the world. Devils Hole has a unique natural ecosystem and is home to an isolated fish species which doesn’t exist anywhere else. Its waters also […]
If we told you there was a man who fought through wars, survived the un-survivable, and married into two of the most esteemed wealthy families of the 18th century, you might think it was a particularly unrealistic movie plot. But it isn’t – it’s the life story of a very […]
