April 2009
29 posts
“One of the emotional highlights of 1980s animated television came when Sonja...”
“Sociologists researching high divorce rates in the U.S. found that Fruma Sarah...”
“When playing The Oregon Trail, be careful not to fnord the river by accident. ...”
“Standard Garfunkel Time (SGT) is a calendar system that tracks events by their...”
“Before Watson, Crick and Franklin discovered the double helix structure of DNA,...”
“Following his death by exposure in 1998, Mortal Kombat designer John...”
“One of the primary aims of the Great Ape Project is to ensure that chimpanzees,...”
“George Washington’s first election was not completely unanimous until a...”
“On this day in 1834, the Novikov Self-Consistency Principle may have been...”
“Therizinosaurus was frequently called upon to perform party tricks with its...”
“Kids in the seventies raved over Kellogg’s Amaranth Jacks, even though, as...”
“F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “Winter Dreams” was written over a bar...”
“During the half-time show of Super Bowl XLIV, Billy Mays from Zorbeez™ and Vince...”
“Rivers Cuomo was a professional barber for years before founding Weezer and...”
“In A Christmas Carol 2 (now available on Disney DVD), Scrooge and The Ghost of...”
“On April 4, 1993, in Vernon, New Jersey, a dog was named Rover without any hint...”
“David Cronenberg’s Daddy-Long-Legs (1995) required nine puppeteers to...”
“Following the death of spokesman Orson Welles, Paul Masson wines ran an...”
“To qualify for the Nathan’s July Fourth Hot Dog Eating Contest,...”
“One argument often raised against the possibility of time travel is the absence...”
“Alongside his serialized novels that appeared in London magazines, Charles...”
“David Lynch’s less-than-canonical depiction of a Guild Navigator in his...”
“On Rasputin’s counsel, Tsar Nicholas II kept a farm of over 40,000...”
“Most of the cheat codes for the game Contra also work in real life, provided one...”
“Jimmy Buffett’s tropical hit “Margaritaville” was conceived as...”
“J. D. Salinger has written over three thousand pages of original fiction since...”
“Pop bands across India strive each year to release a song that takes the coveted...”
“Before his exile from Russia, Trotsky owned and doted upon a heavy draft horse...”
“Utahraptors possessed not only a thick layer of plumage, but tiny organic top...”