March 2009
31 posts
“When visiting Trondheim, Norway, make sure to stop at the Museum of Fish...”
“On each person’s 53rd birthday, they are visited in the night by an...”
“In the unaired pilot of MacGyver, the title character was depicted as an...”
“In the 1950s, customers weary with exciting tales of derring-do began demanding...”
“Bears can smell fear, unpaid taxes and crippling depression.”
“Pennies were made out of fine Turkish beeswax until the Great Depression. ...”
“The Dogon people of Mali only knew about Sirius B because Erich von Däniken sold...”
“Benjamin Franklin spent the better part of his 30s living among a large rafter...”
“Bob Barr’s mustache is the Kwisatz Haderach.”
“The world’s first democratic elections were held in ancient Sumer, when...”
“We all know Will-o’-the-wisp and Jack-o’-lantern, but how about...”
“Sudoku is the 2nd-leading cause of gridlock in the United States. The first is...”
“A Rockefeller Rig consists of gin, limeade, shredded trust certificates and a...”
“In addition to retinal rods and cones, some people possess hearts, stars,...”
“If you swallow a watermelon seed, a watermelon will not grow in your stomach. ...”
“Noam Chomsky is allergic to porcelain.”
“Children born with vestigial tails are considered lucky. Children born with...”
“In dinosaur society, rubbing a Pachycephalosaurus’s shiny skull dome for...”
“Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” was first published in the Epic of Gilgamesh.”
“The man we know as Ernest Hemingway was actually a collective of highly-literate...”
“Any food sculpted in the shape of a pterosaur will contain zero grams of sugar...”
“Band-Aid™ brand adhesive bandages were originally made of hot glue and raccoon...”
“The Superheroes Union, Local #455 defines synesthesia as a Tier 2* superpower. ...”
“Trees can and do spend thousands of acorns to bleach away tell-tale growth rings...”
“In his later years, James K. Polk adapted his successful “Fifty-four forty...”
“Legal-sized paper is only part of what was once a wide array of...”
“Charlie Chaplin’s mustache was not made of hair, but rather the desiccated...”
“Before settling on the iconic “His Master’s Voice” visual...”
“Leonard Bernstein subscribed to both Cat Fancy and its rival publication Cats...”
“Before her death aboard Sputnik 2, Laika the space dog was known primarily for...”
“There were actually 7 original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, but creator Kevin...”
“The fundamental forces acting upon an airplane are lift, thrust, drag, and cloud...”