Tobacco companies get a bad rap, presumably because they make profits by giving people all sorts of cancer. This article probably isn’t going to help their case, since we’re talking about nothing but the horrible depths they’ve sunk to keep cancer profitable, but it sure is interesting. 10. Free Cigarettes For Soldiers Smoking and the [...]
Up to around 1950, radio announcers on the BBC, if they were on the radio after 8PM, were required to wear dinner jackets as part of their uniform. ADVERTISEMENT April 18th, 1930 is known in BBC history as “The Day There Was No News” as, for whatever reason, there was no news of any kind [...]
Most of us go through life not knowing who we are, or what we want to do, until at least a few decades in. Well go through many false starts, and travel through many dead-end paths, until we find the one that’s truly right for us. Many companies are the same way. Oftentimes, the most successful [...]
Many of us drink coffee every day as part of our morning ritual, pounding down the door at Starbucks like junkies in need of a fix, only turning back into normal people after that first sip of delicious brown liquid. Unfortunately, we are supporting an industry that is bad for the environment, and grossly mistreats [...]
When corporations trot out a mascot to help sell their product, they usually aim for light, fluffy, and friendly. That way nobody gets upset, nobody writes angry mails, and everybody keeps paying out the nose. Some companies want to look cool and badass though, in the hopes of attracting those who want only the edgiest, [...]
Kickstarter is a website where people beg for money to help them complete a project. Many of these people are crazy and, while most of their mad dreams die well-deserved deaths, every once and awhile a baffling project somehow manages to succeed. Projects like… 10. World’s Largest Jockstrap Artist Michael Barrett had a dream: to set [...]
The majority of us have insurance of one kind or another – auto insurance, life insurance, home insurance, etc. For the most part, having insurance gives us a bit of financial security in the event of something tragic occurring, like a car wreck, or a tornado destroying the roof of your house. However, some of [...]
It’s often said that there are some things that money simply can’t buy. Anyone who still thinks that that’s the case should spend a little time browsing the wares on offer at eBay, the online auction site. Since its inception back in 1995, eBay has become an award-winning global sales phenomenon, a site on which [...]
Enlisting in the United States Marines Corps is not an afternoon of miniature golf and dinner at Cracker Barrel. Enlisting in the USMC is heavy. When one walks into the recruiting office, you already know that this is going to be drastically life changing, and you are about to enter a completely new world. In [...]
Certain businesses thrive on good economies. Fine dining establishments, tourist trades, and gambling do well when the economy is good, but they tend to tank when it’s bad. A lot of people are not willing to spend the money when they think their job is on the line. There are certain industries that do just [...]
