People love a lot of things. And by that we don’t mean a large variety…
Browsing: Misc
Sometimes we are at a loss for where a top 10 list should go and that means we toss it here. Sure, some lists defy categorization, but Miscellaneous is a category, right?
The French Empire officially refers to the geopolitical entity set up by Napoleon Bonaparte in…
What’s in a name? The question has been asked more than once and more than…
An acronym is what you call a word form from the initial letters of other…
Whether used to perpetrate evil or break free from the chains of tyranny, warfare has…
These days, most of us don’t consider the intentionality behind the places we live. No…
Trial and error is one of the best ways to figure things out in life.…
Popularity is a fickle thing. Anything and anyone can become famous for almost any reason.…
One of the most difficult things to deal with in life is realizing you believe…
The world is laden with plastic. It’s estimated that there are about 8.3 billion tons…
Some people believe that there’s a universal good, an inherent sense of right and wrong…
The states that formed the Confederate States of America began seceding months before Abraham Lincoln’s…
You can feel a real sense of satisfaction when you MacGyver up an invention and…
Now that the US government has acknowledged UFOs exist, modern skeptics and others with a…
Space isn’t just the final frontier, it’s a logistical nightmare. Movies about space gloss over…
There are many heroes of the American Revolution, some of them near mythological figures, such…
Tabloids have existed since the early 1900s, with the creation of the Daily Mail. After…
The Byzantine Empire was actually the Roman Empire, just further East. It existed from the…
You’ll be hard pressed to find a practice more taboo in the world than cannibalism.…
They say that “timing is everything.” It’s not just what you do, but when you…
David Letterman first gained national attention as a comedian through appearances on The Tonight Show…
There’s a famous episode of The Simpsons in which Bart gets a job as Krusty’s…
You’re unlikely to find anyone who’s ever typed even one document who’s never made a…
We envision the history of our cities to be a step-by-step sequence of accomplishments, from…